Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in New Delhi and publicly praised President Abdel Fattah El‑Sisi’s contribution to the Gaza peace agreement, with Abdelatty briefing him on the dialogue’s outcomes.
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Abdelatty co‑chaired the inaugural India–Egypt Strategic Dialogue, which they described as a milestone as they reviewed cooperation in trade, energy, defence, technology and people‑to‑people links.
- Abdelatty urged expanded counterterrorism collaboration with India, promoting Egypt’s holistic model that combines security, socioeconomic steps and ideological work through religious institutions.
- The Egyptian foreign minister highlighted protecting freedom of navigation across the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean as a shared security priority.
- IndiaToday reported that President Donald Trump mediated the Gaza ceasefire with Egypt hosting the talks and acting as guarantor, and it also reported that India was represented at the Sharm El Sheikh summit by Minister of State Kirti Vardhan Singh after an invitation to Modi.