El Sisi talks energy with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides

Cypriot president in Egypt: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held talks with his newlyelected Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Cairo yesterday.

Energy topped the agenda, including a project to connect the two countries’ electrical grids and plans to send Cypriot gas to Egyptian liquefaction plants, El Sisi said at a press conference following the meeting. He said they also discussed potential cooperation on renewables, trade, development, and military operations, as well as tripartite cooperation with Greece. The two leaders also agreed to launch an Egyptian-Cypriot business council, Ittihadiyasaid.

El Enany nominated to UNESCO top post: The Madbouly government has nominatedformer tourism minister Khaled El Enany as director-general of UNESCO for the four-year term that begins in 2025. The elections will be held in Paris in the same year, cabinetsaid. El Enany holds a PhD in Egyptology and has over two decades of experience in the field, most recently serving as Tourism and Antiquities Minister from 2016 to 2022. If El Enany’s bid is successful, he would be the first Egyptian national to assume the top job at UNESCO, the National notes.