Baku-APA. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday received Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, marking the first official visit to Spain by an Egyptian leader since 2004, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
El-Sisi was accompanied by the Egyptian ministers for foreign affairs, oil, investment, transport, electricity and renewable energy, as well as the National Suez Canal Authority .
An agreement to promote a high-speed AVE train link between the Egyptian cities of Cairo and Luxor was signed on Thursday, a "first step" towards further cooperation in the field, according to both leaders.
Only China has a bigger network of high-speed rail lines than Spain. Spanish technology was also behind the construction of the high-speed rail link between the Saudi Arabian cities of Medina and Mecca.
The two leaders also discussed the results of an economic conference held mid-March in Egypt where El-Sisi presented his economic program and investment opportunities for Spanish companies.
Rajoy and El-Sisi touched on regional affairs such as terrorism, the Middle East peace process and immigration from north Africa towards the southern coast of Europe.
The leader also signed a series of agreements in issues such as security, law and order, as well as in tourism and infrastructure and transport networks.
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