ALGERIA: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi makes his first foreign trip since becoming Egypt's new president, meeting with Senate chairman Abdelkader Bensalah in the Algerian capital

Record ID: 574366

  • Title: ALGERIA: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi makes his first foreign trip since becoming Egypt's new president, meeting with Senate chairman Abdelkader Bensalah in the Algerian capital
  • Date: 25th June 2014
  • Summary: ALGIERS, ALGERIA (JUNE 25, 2014) (REUTERS) REPUBLICAN GUARD EGYPTIAN AND ALGERIAN FLAGS AT THE HONOR LOUNGE ENTRANCE CLOSE OF EGYPTIAN AND ALGERIAN FLAGS EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI COMING OUT OF THE PLANE AL-SISI SHAKING HANDS WITH ALGERIA'S SENATE PRESIDENT ABDELKADER BENSALAH BOY GIVING A BUNCH OF FLOWERS TO AL-SISI AL-SISI AND BENSALAH LISTENING TO THE EGYPTIAN ANTHEM AL-SISI AND HIS DELEGATION WALKING AMONG THE REPUBLICAN GUARD AL-SISI SHAKING HANDS WITH BENSALAH VARIOUS OF AL-SISI AND BENSALAH IN DISCUSSION AL-SISI AND BENSALAH COMING OUT OF THE LOUNGE AL-SISI LEAVING IN A BLACK CAR
  • Embargoed: 10th July 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Algeria
  • Country: Algeria
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA3YTULV8I2NWOA0WAOHW9TLVLQ
  • Story Text: Egypt's new president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in the Algerian capital on Wednesday (June 25), on his first official foreign trip since winning a landslide election in May.
    As his plane touched down in Algiers, Sisi was met by Algerian Senate chairman Abdelkader Bensalah and was later due to hold discussions with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a bid to boost co-operation between the two countries.
    Last month's election, which officials said Sisi won with 97 percent of the vote, followed three years of upheaval since a popular uprising ended 30 years of rule by former air force commander Hosni Mubarak. Sisi toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Brotherhood last July after mass protests against his rule.
    The turmoil has battered Egyptian tourism and investment, worsening a huge unemployment problem and pushing up the deficit.
    On Tuesday (June 24), Sisi pledged to give up half his salary and property and called on the Egyptian people to make similar sacrifices, trying to prepare the public for a period of painful economic austerity.
    Sisi's trip to Algeria will look to enhancing political and economic ties between the two countries, according to a presidential statement. It will be followed by a trip to Equatorial Guinea's Malabo where he is scheduled to give a speech on Thursday (June 26) at the African Union's 23rd Ordinary Summit.
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