El-Sissi on talks with visiting Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a three-day visit to Egypt on Sunday, holding talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at the presidential palace in Cairo. The two leaders had discussed the challenges and issues of "common concern" including the Palestinian issue, the situation in Libya and the ongoing crisis in Sudan.

Kishida met earlier in the day with Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab League, at its Cairo headquarters.Egypt is the first destination on Kishida's African tour, which will also take in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique.