The Egyptian president met his counterpart on Friday in Paris where they held talks about a range of issues including strategic bilateral relations and the latest regional and international issues of mutual concern including Palestinian issue, Libya and Syria as well as the Russian-Ukrainian issue.

The telephone call between El-Sisi and Macron comes before the latter starts his African tour, the first in his new presidential term. The tour will start with Cameroon followed by Benin then Guinea-Bissau.