Significant Remarks by Sisi during Press Conference with Macron

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave significant remarks during a joint press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee on Monday.

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Here are the most remarkable statements by Sisi:

I Invite the French President to Visit Egypt in 2021

I invite French tourists to return to Egypt, as the infection rates of the novel coronavirus are almost non-existent

The Egyptian-French relations are strategic, and we seek to increase trade and economic exchange

Christians in Egypt suffered from terrorism

An extremist organization has been operating in Egypt for more than 90 years

I hold the responsibility of protecting a 100-million-population country on my shoulders

Egypt is eager to regulate civil organizations’ activity 

Over 55,000 NGOs are operating in Egypt 

We discussed the human rights file, and stressed the importance of achieving a balance between national security and human rights

It is not appropriate to present Egypt as an authoritarian state

Regional Files

We agreed on the importance of the international community facing the provocations occurring in the eastern Mediterranean 

We stressed the need to dismantle the armed militias and the exit of all foreign forces from Libya

A comprehensive solution in Libya is the only way to achieve stability and preserve the country's unity

We discussed the issue of the Renaissance Dam, and we stressed the need to reach a solution in line with the Egyptian and Sudanese interests

Creating the appropriate atmosphere for the resumption of negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis on the basis of the two-state solution

We call for the acceleration of forming a Lebanese government to get the country out of its current crisis

Egypt will stand with Lebanon