President Luong Cuong begins state visit to the Republic of Egypt

According to the special correspondent of VNA, at 2:50 p.m. on August 3 local time (the same evening Vietnam time), the plane carrying President Luong Cuong and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at the international airport in Cairo, starting a state visit to the Republic of Egypt at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife.

Welcoming President Luong Cuong and his wife Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet and the high-ranking delegation of our country at Cairo International Airport, on the Egyptian side were Minister of Education and Training Mohammed Abdel Latif; Director of the Protocol Department of the Presidential Office Mohammad Yehia. On the Vietnamese side were Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Huy Dung and his wife; Vietnamese Ambassadors to Algeria, Morocco, Mozambique, South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania; and officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt.

Egyptian Minister of Education and Training Mohammed Abdel Latif welcomed President Luong Cuong and his wife at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

Welcoming ceremony for President Luong Cuong and his wife at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

The State visit of President Luong Cuong took place in the context of positive development of Vietnam - Egypt relations; this is the first visit of a key Vietnamese leader to Egypt in 7 years. This is an important foreign political event of the two countries, of strategic significance, with long-term impact on the development of Vietnam - Egypt relations in the context of the two countries entering a new era, a new era of development.

Delegates welcome President Luong Cuong and his wife at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

Delegates welcome President Luong Cuong and his wife at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

Through this visit, the leaders of both sides expect to bring bilateral relations to a new height in order to open up a new space with much potential and room for friendly and cooperative relations for a common prosperous future, while building and better exploiting new cooperation mechanisms on the basis of respecting international law and the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political institutions of each country.

Overseas Vietnamese welcome President Luong Cuong and his wife in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

Overseas Vietnamese welcome President Luong Cuong and his wife in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

During the visit, President Luong Cuong is expected to hold high-level talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi; meet with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Senate President Abdel Wahab Abdel-Razek and House of Representatives Speaker Hanafy El-Gebaly; deliver a policy speech at the Arab League (AL) Headquarters; meet with leaders of the Egyptian Communist Party and representatives of Egyptian leftist and progressive parties. On this occasion, the President will also meet with officials and staff of the Embassy, neighboring agencies and Vietnamese people living, studying and working in Egypt.

Source: https://vpctn.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/hoat-dong-cua-chu-tich-nuoc/chu-tich-nuoc-luong-cuong-bat-dau-chuyen-tham-cap-nha-nuoc-cong-hoa-ai-cap.html