Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, will visit Egypt on August 23 for two days.
The agenda of her meeting with Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to revolve around trade and terrorism, in the wake of the new anti-terrorism laws President Sisi recently implemented in Egypt.
Swaraj will also hold bilateral talks with her counterpart, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and meet Nabil El Araby, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, along with other members of the Egyptian leadership.
India has been actively engaging with the Middle East as part of the Governments ‘Link West’ Policy.
India-Egypt Bilateral Trade
Total Trade (2013-2014): $4.95 billion
Indian Exports (2013-2014): $ 2.56 billion (mineral fuels, cotton, cuts of boneless bovine frozen meat, electrical machinery & parts and two-wheelers and motorcycles)
Indian Imports (2013-2014): $ 2.33 billion (Crude oil & LNG, rock phosphates, cotton, oilseeds, fruits)
Recommended Readings:
Egypt: Liberalism without democracy
Egypt: Beyond the social media revolution
All trade figures are from the Embassy of India, Egypt, country briefs