Egyptian President El-Sisi scheduled to visit India for G-20 summit in September
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday awarded the ‘Order of the Nile’, Egypt’s highest state honor by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. This is the 13th highest state honor that various countries around the world have conferred on PM Modi. Earlier on Sunday, PM Modi visited Egypt’s historic 11th century Al-Hakim Mosque and the Heliopolis Commonwealth War Cemetery in Cairo. PM Modi also talked to the President of Egypt, it is noteworthy that PM Modi has reached Egypt only on the invitation of the President of Egypt. This is the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Egypt in 26 years.
El-Sisi is also scheduled to visit India in September for the G-20 summit where Egypt has been invited as a special guest. Let us tell that the Imam Al-Hakim Bi Amr Allah Mosque is about 1,000 years old building in the middle of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. During his visit, the Prime Minister also appreciated the intricately carved inscriptions on the walls and doors of the mosque.
Spread over an area of 13,560 square meters, this mosque has been reconstructed with the help of the Dawoodi Bohra community of India. He renovated this mosque after 1970 and has been maintaining it since then
At the Heliopolis War Cemetery, PM Modi paid tribute to the Indian soldiers who died during the First World War. The memorial commemorates the nearly 4,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting in Egypt and Palestine in World War I.