Japan and Egypt have agreed to elevate their bilateral relations to the “strategic partnership level” as Japan seeks to increase engagement with African countries in the face of communist China’s growing influence.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Egypt as part of a four-nation tour of Africa on April 30, where he met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi for bilateral talks, his office stated.
“Japan and Egypt are already important partners that cooperate with each other on the world stage. We have now agreed to elevate our bilateral relations to a strategic partnership,” Kishida stated on Twitter.
The two leaders discussed regional affairs in the Middle East and Africa, including the situation in Sudan and Russia’s war in Ukraine, reaffirming the importance of maintaining the rules-based international order….