The senator met with the Ambassador of Egypt to Russia.
Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation Nazih Ali Bahauddin al-Nagari.
Grigory Karasin noted that 2024 was a productive year in Russian-Egyptian relations, including in terms of interparliamentary contacts.
The senator recalled that Russian parliamentarians are awaiting a response from their Egyptian colleagues regarding the proposal to establish the BRICS+ geopolitical group within the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
During the conversation, Grigory Karasin and Nazih Ali Bahauddin al-Nagari also discussed issues related to the parliamentarians' assistance in trade and economic cooperation between Russian regions and Egyptian provinces, as well as the education of Egyptian students in Russian educational institutions. In addition, they reviewed the situation in the Middle East.