Sisi to Partake in Baghdad's Tripartite Summit

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will take part in the Egyptian-Iraqi-Jordanian tripartite summit on Saturday, according to high-level sources. The one-day summit will be held in Baghdad.

The summit will be held with the participation of Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egypt's Sisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. 

It's expected that Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Ayman Safadi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to arrive in Baghdad today, Friday, to prepare for the summit.

"Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein will receive the foreign ministers of Jordan and Egypt at Baghdad Airport, said Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf in a statement on Thursday.

He added that "there are important dialogues that will be related to strengthening joint action according to the tripartite coordination mechanism between Baghdad, Amman and Cairo," noting that "the dialogues will be at all levels in preparation for the summit at the presidential level in Baghdad."