Following a special invitation, His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is expected to become the first Egyptian President to visit the West Africa country, Sierra Leone.

President El-Sisi on Monday 21th September 2019 accepted an invitation from President Dr. Julius Maada Bio with gratitude and agreed to visit the West Africa country. It will be a memorable and historic one because President El-Sisi will be the first Egyptian President to visit the country.

Before the commencement of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, and the General debate on Tuesday 24th September 2019, the two African Presidents met in New York where they discussed bilateral cooperation and progress made in Africa and the African Union.

Addressing the Egyptian President, President Bio said that the two countries had enjoyed a long relationship, which started before Sierra Leone’s Independence on 27 April 1961. He thanked the people of Egypt as a true friend of the people of Sierra Leone. Sisi exemplary leadership as Chair of the African Union and for the strides that he had taken to reposition Africa on the world stage. In particular, Africa’s recent expansion of a global reach.

President El-Sisi in response affirmed his country’s continued support to Sierra Leone, adding that he was particularly very confident in President Bio’s strong commitment to coordinating Africa’s position on reforms at the United Nations Security Council, UNSC as President Bio has been the Chairman of the Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government, C-10, on the reform of the UNSC since June 2018.

According to the Office of the Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman, His Excellency, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio depart Sierra Leone on Friday 20th September 2019, to attend the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City scheduled for the 17 – 30 September 2019.

Dr. Julius Maada Bio is expected to participate in several high-level events such as the Universal Health Coverage Meeting, Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit, Sustainable Development Summit, and Financing for Development Dialogue.

On the 24th September, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio was hosted at Yale University and delivered a lecture on Human Capital Development, and Innovation: Pillars for Sierra Leone’s Transformation. He will address the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, 26th September 2019. He will also engage Sierra Leoneans on the progress made so far by his New Direction Administration in consolidating peace and national cohesion, the fight against corruption, investment in human capital development, efforts in diversifying the economy and transforming the investment climate.