'Great Privilege To Be Guest Of Honour': Egyptian President El–Sisi Ahead Of Republic Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu together welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday ahead of the 74th Republic Day celebrations.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday ( Image Source :Twitter | @rashtrapatibhvn )

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu together welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday ahead of the 74th Republic Day celebrations. Egyptian President Sisi will be attending the Republic Day Parade as the Chief Guest. 

News agency ANI posted a video of PM Modi and President Murmu welcoming Sisi.

#WATCH | Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcome Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Egyptian President will attend the #RepublicDayParade as the Chief Guest. pic.twitter.com/pcUMbSgXPU

— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2023

#WATCH | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/KMf97UoCIu

— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2023

The Egyptian President paid a visit to Rajghat and laid a wreath at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial, a tradition followed by the Republic Day chief guest every year. 

#WATCH | President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attends wreath-laying ceremony at Rajghat, Delhi

Egyptian President will attend the Republic Day Parade 2023 as the Chief Guest. pic.twitter.com/wci0ptIVGb

— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2023

Sisi said: "The relations between Egypt and India have been characterised by balance and stability. We have only seen constructive development. We have been all along evolving very positively."

He added: "I reiterate my congratulations to the Indian nation, government, and people for this great day. It is a great privilege to be a guest of honour and participate in the glorious national day."

The relations between Egypt and India have been characterised by balance and stability. We have only seen constructive development. We have been all along evolving very positively: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi pic.twitter.com/SmOxV100kJ

— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2023

It has been a tradition to invite foreign dignitaries for Republic Day. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will be India's chief guest at the 74th Republic Day celebrations, the Ministry of External Affairs sais on Saturday. The 68-year-old chief guest, who is also a retired military officer, was re-elected as the president of Egypt in 2018 and had been serving as the president of Egypt since 2014. 

“This is for the first time that the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt has been invited as Chief Guest on our Republic Day,” the MEA said. 

Last year in October, a formal invitation was sent to the Egyptian President El-Sisi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was handed over by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

In December 2022, S Jaishankar said in the Lok Sabha that the Egyptian President had accepted the invitation.