AFP, Sochi, Russia :
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday said he welcomes a “new chapter” in relations with Moscow after signing a strategic agreement with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
The deal “opens up a new chapter in our cooperation” and “will take it towards new horizons,” Sisi said in translated comments.
The two signed the agreement in the presence of ministers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Putin said the talks “were held in a businesslike and constructive atmosphere”.
The leaders “discussed the whole spectrum of bilateral relations as well as key international and regional problems,” he said.
The talks were overshadowed by an attack on a college in Crimea in which at least 17 were killed and more than 40 injured. Moscow initially described as it a “terrorist attack” before investigators reclassified it as a mass shooting.
