CAIRO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, sealing a raft of new partnership deals and signalling a united front on regional crises in Iran, Sudan and Gaza.
Ministers from both countries signed 18 additional agreements spanning defense, tourism, health and agriculture.
At a joint news conference, El-Sisi said they agreed on the need to implement all phases of the Gaza truce agreement, speed up humanitarian aid deliveries and maintain a focus on “a two-state solution, establishing a Palestinian state.”
Egypt and Turkiye now form half of the mediating bloc for the current Gaza truce, back the Sudanese army in its war with paramilitary forces and share increasingly convergent positions across the region.
On Sudan, El-Sisi said Wednesday both sides want to see a “humanitarian truce that leads to a ceasefire and a comprehensive political path.”
