Cairo: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday held summit talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and agreed to work together to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the Middle East while strengthening economic and defense industry cooperation.

The summit in Cairo took place during Lee’s official visit to Egypt, the first by a South Korean president to the nation in three years.

“The Republic of Korea and Egypt have agreed to work together as ‘facilitators of peace’ and jointly contribute to international peace, including on the Korean Peninsula and in the Middle East,” Lee said in a joint press briefing at the presidential palace in Cairo, referring to South Korea’s official name, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Lee said President El-Sisi praised Seoul’s effor

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