Egyptian foreign minister makes first visit to Thailand in 30 years

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty arrived in Bangkok on Sunday, the first visit by an Egyptian foreign minister in three decades.

• Abdelatty landed in the Thai capital in the first visit by an Egyptian foreign minister since 1996.
• Foreign Ministry spokesman Nader Zaki announced that Abdelatty will meet his Thai counterpart and co-chair the third round of the joint Egyptian-Thai ministerial committee.
• Abdelatty is scheduled to meet the Thai House speaker, the Senate foreign affairs committee, and the agriculture and industry ministers.
• As Egypt's governor at the World Bank, Abdelatty will attend the 2026 IMF and World Bank annual autumn meetings.