South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have agreed to cooperate on Gaza crisis among other global and continental issues, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya announced on Monday.
Magwenya said the two leaders had a telephone conversation on Sunday evening during which they committed themselves to deepening fraternal ties between South Africa and Egypt as part of efforts to advance continental solidarity.
“Of particular significance to the two leaders is the need to work together on the Palestinian issue and the crisis in the Gaza strip,” Magwenya said in a statement.
Both South Africa and Egypt have been at the forefront on efforts to end the nine-month Gaza conflict involving Israel and Hama, with Pretoria leading an International Criminal Court battle to force Tel Aviv to stop its onslaught on the Palestinian enclave.
Egypt has been involved in diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the conflict that started on October 7 last year.
Magwenya said Ramaphosa and el-Sisi also agreed to expand trade, mutual investment and other areas of economic cooperation between the two states.
The Egyptian leader congratulated Ramaphosa on his re-election as South Africa’s president for a second and final term of office.
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