Putin held a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi during the Russia-Africa summit.
"Dear president, relations between Russia and Egypt have been of a strategic nature for decades […]. We have many joint major projects," Putin said at the summit.
The second Russia-Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum is taking place in the Russian city of St. Petersburg from July 27-28. Sputnik is an official media partner of the forum.