Egyptian-Russian relationsDuring the phone call, Sisi stressed Egypt’s aspiration to deepen the bilateral cooperation with Russia at all levels. Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry visited in Moscow in October and met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The Egyptian foreign minister said he hopes trade exchange, that was adversely affected by the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic, would return to previous levels. The Russian top diplomat said the economic government committee for trade cooperation with Egypt discussed the latest developments in Egyptian-Russian relations. The Russian foreign minister praised the UN diplomatic mission in Libya to achieve settlement to the Libyan crisis.
