President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Russian Counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to resume all flights between Egypt and Russia including to resort cities such as Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh, according to Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Rady.
Rady said that Sisi received a phone call from Putin on Friday and the two leaders discussed bilateral relations, cooperation in the tourism sector, as it was agreed to resume full air traffic between the two countries' airports, including Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh.
For his part, Sisi welcomed the resumption of air traffic between the two countries, expressing aspiration that this decision would represent an effective momentum towards further advancing bilateral relations between Cairo and Moscow.
Moreover, the Russian president expressed his country's keenness to strengthen various aspects of the close bilateral relations with Egypt, praising the extended partnership between the two friendly countries, and the tangible achievements made by Egypt in the fields of economic and social development, establishing major national projects, improving the investment climate and developing infrastructure.
In this regard, he stressed that Russia is counting on Egypt's pivotal role in stabilizing its entire regional environment.
Both leaders, also, tackled the development of a number of the most important regional issues, most notably the situation in Libya, as well as the developments of the Renaissance Dam file, as well as issues of bilateral cooperation in investment fields, especially with regard to the economic zone of the Suez Canal Corridor as well as the Dabaa nuclear plant.
"There was consensus on increasing mutual coordination and strengthening the course of bilateral relations at all levels, in a manner that reflects the weight and importance of the two countries and the history of joint cooperation to face challenges affecting the interests of the two friendly countries and peoples," the spokesman added.
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