Written by: Karim Hammam
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met today with the Prime Minister of Hungary, Péter Martán, at the Hungarian Parliament headquarters in Budapest, as part of the President's official visit to Hungary. The Hungarian Prime Minister received the President upon his arrival and provided him with an explanation regarding the Holy Crown, which is considered a symbol of the state and rule in Hungary. This was followed by a handshake between the two delegations and a commemorative photo, then a bilateral meeting was held, followed by an expanded discussion session in the presence of the delegations from both countries.
Strengthening Strategic Partnership and Economic Cooperation
The Hungarian Prime Minister welcomed the President's visit, emphasizing his country's pride in the strategic partnership relations that bind the two countries, and its keenness to continue developing these relations and enhancing bilateral cooperation in various fields to achieve common interests. For his part, the President expressed his thanks and appreciation for the invitation and the warm reception, praising the continuous development of bilateral relations, and stressed the importance of continuing to elevate them, whether at the bilateral level or within the framework of the strategic partnership between Egypt and the European Union.
Exploratory Talks in Energy and Gas Infrastructure
The official spokesperson for the Presidency indicated that the discussions addressed ways to enhance economic and investment relations, and both sides agreed to engage in exploratory talks to benefit from the potential possessed by Egypt in the field of energy infrastructure, gas transmission networks, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification facilities, in accordance with the results of relevant technical and commercial studies.
Historical Relations and Paving the Way for the Centenary of Diplomatic Relations
The President emphasized that Egyptian-Hungarian relations have proven their ability to continue and evolve over many decades, citing the role of the Hungarian architect Max Herz Pasha in restoring Islamic and Coptic monuments in Cairo in the early twentieth century, as evidence of the extension of cooperation to culture and the preservation of shared human heritage. Building on this legacy, both countries look forward to the year 2028, which coincides with the centenary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, to be an important milestone in the journey of cooperation, and the President extended an invitation to the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister of Hungary to visit Egypt as part of this occasion.
Joint Press Conference and Mutual Invitations
The President and the Prime Minister of Hungary held a joint press conference at the conclusion of the discussions, in which the President renewed his congratulations to the Hungarian Prime Minister on assuming leadership of the government, and expressed his happiness with the visit to Budapest, appreciating the warm reception and what the discussions reflected of mutual political will to translate understandings into practical plans. The President also congratulated the friendly Hungarian people on the anniversary of the October 23, 1956 revolution.
