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Egypt's Foreign Minister meets French counterpart's Secretary-General for strategic dialogue
via Egypt Today1 min read
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, met with Ambassador Martin Briens, Secretary-General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday for the first round of the Egypt-France Strategic Dialogue. Abdelatty lauded the strategic partnership between the two countries and expressed a desire for increased cooperation across various sectors. The discussion also covered regional developments in the Middle East, during which Abdelatty informed the French official about Egypt's efforts to support negotiations between the United States and Iran, stressing the need for regional and international collaboration to de-escalate tensions and end the conflict.
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