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Sisi Receives Italy's Conte


Sat 24 Aug 2019 | 10:36 PM
Yassmine Elsayed

Moments ago, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at his residence in French seaside resort of Biarritz on the sidelines of G7 summit meetings hosted by President Immanuel Macron.

Official statement released following the meeting quoted President Sisi underscoring Egypt's keenness on enhancing relations with Italy in all fields.

Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Rady noted that both leaders touched upon the issue of Italian Student Golio Regini's death in Egypt, and that President Sisi affirmed the continuous work of Egyptian authorities to uncover the real conditions of his death.

On his part, Conte affirmed that his country places an emphasis upon continuous talks with Cairo in many issues of mutual concerns, especially the war on terror as well as Libya's development.

Biarritz is under tight security forces for the G7 summit, with more than 13,000 police as well as a special magistrates court deployed.

The historic centre of the Basque town was emptied of tourists on Friday before the arrival of leaders of the world’s advanced economies including the US president, Donald Trump, and the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, who will hold three days of talks on global issues from the climate emergency to trade wars.

According to British 'The Guardian', surfers were ordered out of the water on the central beach, the Grande Plage, and sent further round the coast. Sailing vessels were moved on and kept away. The train station and airport will be closed over the weekend, creating a no-go zone in the centre. There are road checks at the Spanish border and police have been stationed around town and on top of buildings.

“The aim is to have maximum security with a minimum of disruption. We will not tolerate any unrest. If it happens, we will respond,” said France’s interior minister, Christophe Castaner.

Asked this week whether the G7 now resembled an ivory tower of leaders cut off from the people and the rest of the world, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said the summit was about finding spaces for dialogue and some of its work was being opened up to civil society groups and NGOs.