On Tuesday evening Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived on an official visit to Egypt, where he was received with military honours at Cairo airport by Prime Minister of Egypt Sherif Ismail.

The Hungarian prime minister arrived in the North African country as head of a political and trade delegation, members of which include Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga, Minister of National Development Miklós Seszták, Minister of Defence István Simicskó and Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas. All the ministers held bilateral talks with their Egyptian counterparts.

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Press Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI that on Wednesday Mr. Orbán would hold talks with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, after which a number of agreements will be signed in their presence by representatives from the two countries. One of the agreements is on a financing offer amounting to EUR 900 million for the manufacture of 700 railway carriages.

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Following his meeting with the President, the Prime Minister will hold talks with the Secretary General of the Arab League, and in the evening he will deliver an address at the Egyptian-Hungarian business forum.

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On Thursday – the final day of his visit – Mr. Orbán will meet religious leaders: Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar; and the Director of the Coptic Cultural Centre in Cairo.

(Prime Minister's Office)