French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Laudrian left Cairo on Tuesday after a two-day visit to Egypt during which he was received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
After talks with the Egyptian president, he said that he discussed with him the welcome of French companies to work in Egypt.
The French foreign minister also discussed with President al-Sisi developments in the Middle East, Sudan, Libya and Yemen.
Earlier in the day, he met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. The two ministers stressed the need to work according to a common vision to address a number of regional issues in Syria, Libya, Yemen and the current tension in the Gulf.
At a joint press conference in Cairo on Tuesday, the two ministers agreed that efforts should be made to ease tensions in the region.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that there is a strong political desire to continue working on solid ground based on Egyptian-French cooperation in a number of fields.
Shukri added that Egypt strongly condemned the attacks on the Saudi oil installations and stands with them in full solidarity, stressing that "these attacks are rejected and are outside the scope of legitimacy and international law. .
Shukri added: “We are capable of solidifying among ourselves and maintaining Arab national security and defending Arab interests in the common interest. Facing them and affecting us and addressing them. "
In response to a question about the results of the Renaissance Dam negotiations held in Cairo between irrigation ministers, Shukri said it was "surprising that" the negotiations will be held during the past two days after the breakdown of negotiations for more than a year and three months, and technical issues are not addressed in the presence of irrigation ministers and technicians in the countries. Three. "
"We hoped that the negotiations would start again and deal transparently with all existing theses," Shukri said.
For his part, the French Foreign Minister said that it was agreed on some common approaches on Libya, and there is a will to reach a political track there is no other way to resolve the crisis, stressing that the military solution is not a solution.
He added that "there are efforts on the basis of a common ceasefire and work on a path that preserves Libya and the integrity of its territory and we want to work to stop the crisis that lasted long."
"We also discussed the tensions in the Gulf and we have the will to achieve stability," he said.
He pointed out that Sudan was discussed and there is a will to work to remove Sudan from the list of countries that support terrorism, which must be agreed upon by the African Summit and the rest of the international community.
He pointed out that the situation in Syria was discussed and the need to reach a political solution to stop all operations to improve the situation in the region.
In response to a question about the Iranian escalation in the region and the incident of the attack on Saudi oil facilities, the French Foreign Minister said that "his country wants to ease the escalation wherever it is ... We are working to allow Iran during this period to be able to respect all its economic decisions."
He added that with regard to the recent events in Saudi Arabia, "France has condemned these attacks, which do not contribute to easing the escalation, but lead to fueling it, so we decided to support Saudi Arabia, which asked the United Nations and European countries to launch investigations into such strikes."
