His Majesty and Egyptian President exchange decorations

His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt have exchanged orders at El Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo this evening, marking His Majesty’s official visit to Egypt.

The Egyptian President conferred on His Majesty the “Order of the Nile,” Egypt’s highest decoration.  The conferment of the Order demonstrates the President’s deep appreciation of His Majesty the Sultan and reflects the deep-rooted historical relations binding Oman and Egypt.

His Majesty the Sultan presented the Egyptian President with the “Oman First Order”. The conferment of the Order demonstrates His Majesty’s appreciation of the Egyptian President and reflects pride over the depth of fraternal relations between the two countries’ peoples.

The exchange of orders was attended by the official Omani and Egyptian delegations as well as senior Egyptian  officials.

This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text, click here.