Lavrov Leaves Cairo, Heading to Tehran

Russian Foreign Ministry Surgery Lavrov left Cairo after holding talks with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Egyptian officials.  He flew to the Iranian capital, Tehran, the Russian Embassy in Cairo said in a tweet on Monday.

The Russian minister arrived in Cairo on Sunday for a two-day visit and he met with President Sisi on Monday before his talks with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

In a news conference, Lavrov revealed that they discussed the implementation of joint mega projects, the most important of them a four-reactor power plant that a Russian firm is building in Egypt and a Russian industrial zone in the Suez Canal area.

The two ministers said they also discussed regional conflicts in Libya, Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian cause along with political stalemate in Lebanon.