Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Saturday with António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
This was stated by Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman and director of the Public Diplomacy Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Secretary-General began the meeting by welcoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the headquarters of the international organization, praising the pioneering role played by Egyptian diplomacy.
In various international multilateral forums, especially the United Nations.
The Secretary-General also reviewed his most important impressions on the discussions that took place during the high-level segment of the General Assembly and the meetings.
Which was organized, and what it reflected was the existence of a general consensus.
on the importance of reforming the multilateral action system, both political and economic.
He is counting on Egypt to be at the forefront of countries that support and lead these efforts.
For his part, a discussion took place on a number of important issues related .
to the Middle East region and developments in the African Sahel region.
Mr. Sameh Shoukry reviewed Egypt’s assessment of the situations in Libya.
Sudan, Syria, and the peace process in the Middle East.
As topics and issues on the international agenda, it is important to strengthen the role of the international organization.
and its agencies in finding solutions to the region’s crises. The discussions also touched on the issue of climate change.
sustainable development, and advancing the process of reforming the international multilateral action system.
Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs