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Germany: Egypt's el-Sisi meets Gauck at Berlin's Bellevue Palace
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03.06.2015
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met with President of Germany Joachim Gauck in Berlin, Wednesday, receiving full military honours with an official guard of honour. The Egyptian president will meet with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier later in the day before meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday. The visit has been met with criticism from prominent German politicians, including President of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert, who castigated el-Sisi for his human rights record since taking power in Egypt and refused to participate with meetings in which the Egyptian president is present. The visit aims to further economic and military cooperation between the two nations. In 2014, German and Egyptian bilateral trade was around $4.8 billion ( €4.32 billion). On top of the existing trade, German company Siemens have signed an $11 billion (€9.9 billion) memorandum of understanding to build energy plants in Egypt, the largest contract to be signed with a private company since el-Sisi took leadership of the nation.
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