#King Felipe VI

With the sound of a 21-gun salute, the highest military honor, marked by cannon fire at five-second intervals, echoing across the gardens of Al-Ittihadiya Palace, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt welcomed King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain on 17 September for the monarch’s first official visit to Cairo, a trip framed as both a celebration of shared history and an opening to deeper political and economic ties. The royal visit, which began on 16 September, included the…