French President Emmanuel Macron meets with his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, aiming to raise concerns over human rights and boost ties between their countries.
The two leaders are due to oversee the signing of around 30 deals between Egypt and France worth several hundred million euros (dollars).
French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) shakes hands with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi as their wives, Brigitte Macron (L) and Intissar Amer (R), pose for a picture next to them at the presidential palace in Cairo on January 28, 2019. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Shortly after his arrival in Egypt yesterday, Macron said he would talk “more openly” with Sissi on human rights.
“Things have gotten worse since October 2017” when Sissi visited Paris, said Macron, referring to the human rights situation in the North African country.
Sissi’s government is seen by Egyptian civil society as “more hardline than the regime of (Hosni) Mubarak,” he said, referring to the longtime president who was deposed in 2011.
“My line is: Stability and respect for sovereignty. But what is happening here threatens” Egypt’s stability, Macron said.
Macron said in 2017 during Sissi’s visit to Paris that he would not “lecture” Egypt on human rights.
— AFP
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