At a prestigious ceremony held in Cairo on 25 June 2023, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, conferred Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the ‘Order of the Nile’, which is Egypt’s highest state honor.
Modi became the first Indian to receive the award. He thanked President El-Sisi for the honor on behalf of the people of India.
Meanwhile, during a meeting on Sunday at the at Al-Ittihadiya Palace, the two leaders recalled the State Visit of the Egyptian President as the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations in January 2023, and welcomed the momentum it has imparted to bilateral relations between their countries.
They discussed ways to further deepen the partnership, particularly in areas like trade and investment, information technology, defence and security, renewable energy, agriculture, health, culture and people to people ties.
Following the talks, the two leaders signed a joint declaration to upgrade the bilateral relations to a “Strategic Partnership” between the two countries, reflecting the longstanding common cultural heritage of Egypt and India at an official and popular levels.
Three MoUs in the fields of Agriculture, Archaeology & Antiquities and Competition Law were also signed.
