This photo shows Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during their meeting at the BRICS summit in Russia in October 2024. (Photo via the Egyptian Presidency)
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have expressed their eagerness to enhance bilateral relations between their countries.
Pezeshkian and Sisi made the affirmation during a phone call on Thursday where they exchanged Eid al-Adha greetings.
During the phone conversation, Pezeshkian expressed Tehran’s readiness to deepen and expand ties with Egypt at all levels, hoping for a “constructive” meeting with his Egyptian counterpart in Tehran soon.
Pezeshkian stressed the importance of exchanging experiences, utilizing shared capacities and combining efforts to achieve the Muslim nations’ development and prosperity, urging Islamic countries to become a model of “brotherhood, solidarity and constructive interaction”.
Referring to Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, the Iranian president emphasized the necessity of unity among Muslim nations to adopt a unified action against Israeli atrocities.
For his part, Sisi expressed Cairo’s eagerness to deepen bilateral ties with the Islamic Republic.
He also expressed hope that Muslim nations will be able to take effective steps towards strengthening peace, promoting brotherhood and combating evil.
Israel launched the campaign of genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023. It has killed at least 54,677 Palestinians there so far.
In January, the Israeli regime was forced to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas given the regime’s failure to achieve any of its objectives, including the “elimination” of the Palestinian resistance movement or the release of captives.
The 42-day stage of the truce, which was marred by repeated Israeli violations, expired on March 1, but Israel is refraining from stepping into talks for the second stage of the agreement.
On March 18, the regime resumed the strikes on Gaza, breaking the nearly two-month-long ceasefire.
