If the Egyptian state falls, “you have no idea what could happen to the region, and the entire European world,” Egypt’s president said Sunday during a press conference with his French counterpart in Cairo. French President Francois Hollande’s visit comes at Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s invitation and is part of a Middle East tour that includes visits to Jordan and Lebanon. Egypt and France will sign about 30 agreements, the French ambassador to Egypt said last week. During the press conference, Sisi said that that “there is an attempt to isolate Egypt from its Arab and European surroundings.” Egypt seeks “a broader concept of freedoms and human rights in Egypt,” Sisi added. Addressing tourism, Sisi said Egypt is willing to receive security delegations from France and other European countries to ensure that their citizens will be safe in Egypt. Tourism in Egypt was hit hard in the aftermath of a series of incident during the past months, the most prominent of which was the downing of a Russian airliner last October which killed all 224 people on board. Russia says the plane was downed by an act of terrorism but Egypt maintains that an Egypt-led investigation has yet to…
Egypt’s Sisi Welcomes French President, Warns of Consequences from ‘Egypt’s Fall’
April 18, 2016
