EGYPT · GEOPOLITICS
Key Facts
—The call: Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty spoke to his Djiboutian counterpart Abdoulkader Houssein Omar by telephone on Saturday 22 August. Addis Standard reported the call on 24 August, citing Ahram Online.
—The fourth in a month: It followed separate engagements with Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan. All four covered regional security and stability in the Horn and the Red Sea.
—Not only security: Abdelatty named renewable energy, construction, logistics zones, ports and maritime connectivity as areas for expanded cooperation with Djibouti. He also pressed for a larger role for Egyptian private companies.
