Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is heading to Kuwait on Sunday on an official two-day visit, to meet with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Gaber Al-Sabah, the prince of Kuwait, State News Agency MENA reported.
The visit aims at enhancing the solid relations between the two countries, as well as co-ordination around different regional and international issues that concern both sides.
The two leaders are set to discuss ways to consolidate the bilateral cooperation in different fields and deal with the challenges the Arab nation face, a statement by the Egyptian presidency said Saturday.
Earlier in April, Egypt and Kuwait renewed an oil supply deal for three years.
According to the contract signed by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), Kuwait would supply Egypt with 1.5 million barrels of petroleum products per year and 2 million barrels of crude oil per month.
In January, Kuwait and Egypt signed a legal and judicial cooperation agreement, as well as an agreement on extradiction of sentenced persons.
The Arab Gulf country has backed the Egyptian economy with billions of dollars in oil shipments, cash grants and central bank deposits since the ouster of the former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
Following his visit to Kuwait, the Egyptian president is set to head to Bahrain to meet with king Hamad Ben Eissa Al Khalifa, to discuss developing bilateral relations between the two countries and to address all attempts of external intervention.
