Overview
- Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir met Egypt’s Defence Minister General Abdul Maged Saqar and Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Khalifa Fatehi in Cairo.
- ISPR said talks covered mutual interests, regional security and avenues to expand bilateral defence ties.
- Munir stated that closer Pakistan–Egypt cooperation would benefit both nations and support regional peace and stability.
- He was received with a guard of honour and laid wreaths at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier and the grave of former president Anwar Sadat.
- The army chief also met Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb, stressing the need to combat extremist ideologies and distorted interpretations of Islam.