Egypt President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto met in in Nairobi on Sunday. Photo: Egyptian presidency facebook.
El-Sisi and Ruto met on the sidelines of the fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union taking place in the Kenyan capital.
The two presidents reviewed efforts to coordinate initiatives aimed at settling the Sudan crisis, including the initiative emanating from Sudan’s Neighboring Countries Summit which was held in Egypt on 13 July.
This initiative is integrated with other regional efforts to end the conflict through peaceful negotiations, read a statement by the Egyptian presidency.
The meeting also tackled ways to cultivate closer bilateral relations.
The Kenyan president underscored the broad prospects for further advancing relations and fostering closer cooperation between the two countries.
Ruto also highlighted the prospects for strengthening joint African action to achieve sustainable development for the continent's states and peoples and stimulate efforts toward achieving continental integration at all levels.
El-Sisi emphasized their outstanding bilateral relations, confirming the importance he places on coordinating and consulting with the president of Kenya on African issues.
This has advanced integration, preserved peace and security, and enhanced the development agenda in the African continent, El-Sisi noted.
This, the statement added, was demonstrated in the intensive engagement and bilateral meetings held between the two presidents recently, the latest of which was their encounter last month at the COMESA summit in Zambia and their meeting at The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris.
The African Union's MYCM kicked off in Nairobi on Sunday, bringing together various regional economic groups and mechanisms to accelerate continental integration.
El-Sisi, who arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, is expected to deliver a speech presenting Egypt's ambitious two-year roadmap as the current chair of the Steering Committee of the African Development Agency (NEPAD).
Moreover, he will deliver a second speech during the session on the environment, climate change, and the blue economy.
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