Egypt`s President as Republic Day chief guest |
Egypt`s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has agreed to be the chief guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations in January 2023. India`s Ministry of External Affairs confirmed this on November 27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sent a formal invitation to al-Sisi which was handed over to the Egyptian president by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on October 16. “At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, will be the Chief Guest at India`s Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2023," the MEA statement read. "This is the first time that the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt will be the Chief Guest at our Republic Day," it added. India and Egypt enjoy warm and friendly relations based on civilizational and deep-rooted people-to-people ties. Both countries are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year. Egypt has also been invited as a `Guest Country` during India`s Presidency of G-20 in 2022-23. Leaders of friendly nations have graced India`s Republic Day celebrations since 1950 when the then Indonesian President Sukarno was invited as the chief guest. Earlier last year, the then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was invited as the chief guest but his visit had to be canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Former US President Barack Obama (2015), Russian President Vladimir Putin (2007), former French presidents Nicholas Sarkozy (2008), and Francois Hollande (2016) have also been chief guests at the Republic Day celebrations in the past.
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