Overview
- Sergey Shoigu held talks in Cairo with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Egypt’s top foreign, defense and security officials during a November 9–10 working visit.
- Russia’s team included senior figures from Rosoboronexport, Roscosmos, Rosatom and multiple ministries and security agencies, underscoring the visit’s scope.
- Discussions centered on carrying out top-level commitments in military and military-technical cooperation and on expanding contacts among defense, law-enforcement, security and financial intelligence bodies.
- Shoigu thanked Egypt for initiatives to mediate a settlement of the war in Ukraine and backed an international-law-based approach to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict while welcoming Cairo’s role in Gaza.
- Economic talks highlighted the El Dabaa nuclear power project and a proposed Russian industrial zone on the Suez Canal, with no new deals announced as Shoigu invited Egyptian experts to Moscow’s May 2026 security forum.