Sisi Wishes Tunisian Counterpart Good Health

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi spoke on Saturday with Tunisian President Kais Saied over phone, according to Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Rady.

“Sisi checked on the safety of the Tunisian President, following the suspicious letter incident, wishing him good health and wellness,” Rady added.

On his part, President Saied expressed his appreciation for the sincere wishes of Sisi, pointing out to the depth and specificity of the Egyptian-Tunisian relations and the bilateral ties of the two peoples.

The two leaders also agreed, during the phone call, to continue intensive consultations and coordination on various Arab and regional issues during the coming period, according to the spokesperson.

"A suspicious letter addressed to Saied did not contain any dangerous material," a senior official said Friday, after the presidency had suggested an attempted poisoning.

Saied’s chief of staff Nadia Akacha, who opened the envelope, was briefly hospitalized this week after suffering from short-term vision loss and headaches, according to the presidency.

Tunisian media suggested the letter may have contained ricin, a poison that can be lethal in high doses.

But Mohsen Dali, the spokesman of the prosecution department, told AFP that analysis carried out on the empty envelope indicated it “did not contain any suspicious, toxic or dangerous” material.