India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Egypt will give a “fresh impetus” to the historic and strategic ties between the two nations, experts say.
Mr Modi will be flying to Cairo on Saturday after a four-day state visit to the US, with plans to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh El Sisi, a select group of high-level ministers and members of the Indian diaspora.
On a more cultural note, he is also expected to visit the refurbished 11th-century Al Hakim Mosque.
Mr Modi’s visit to the North African country will be his first ever, as well as the first official visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Egypt since 1997.
Mr Modi’s visit comes nearly six months after Mr El Sisi visited New Delhi as the chief guest at India’s 74th Republic Day celebrations this January.
