El-Sisi in Jakarta: Trade promises, a Nile pledge and an outdated Palestine formula
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi landed in Jakarta on Saturday evening, 10 October 2026, at the end of an Asian tour that began in South Korea and passed through Malaysia. The route tells a story. Cairo is looking east for money, technology and friends while its own region burns. Jakarta wants a firm partner at the far end of the sea route linking Asia to Europe. The two presidents had met only a month earlier at the BRICS summit in New Delhi. BRICS is a club of large developing economies
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi landed in Jakarta on Saturday evening, 10 October 2026, at the end of an Asian tour that began in South Korea and passed through Malaysia. The route tells a story. Cairo is looking east for money, technology and friends while its own region burns. Jakarta wants a firm partner at the far end of the sea route linking Asia to Europe. The two presidents had met only a month earlier at the BRICS summit in New Delhi. BRICS is a club of large developing economies that both countries have joined. Meeting again so soon signals hedging: spreading bets across many partners so that no single power has too much control. In April 2025 the two […]
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- 121 words · 1 min read
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- October 11, 2026
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- Marwa A
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- Middle East Monitor