Egypt’s Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki left for Moscow on Sunday, leading a high-level military delegation, to attend the seventh meeting of the Egyptian-Russian military committee.

Zaki’s several days’ visit comes within the framework of enhancing military relations between the two countries, a statement by military spokesman Gharib Abdel-Hafez said.

The joint committee meeting that will be attended by a number of Russian defence ministry officials and commanders will look into different issues of common interest, Abdel-Hafez said.

The meeting also aims to support the military cooperation between the two countries.