Egypt launched a comprehensive national human rights strategy, Sisi tells Biden

COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday that Egypt has launched a national strategy for human rights and is keen to develop in that regard.

Egypt has also launched an initiative for national dialogue and a presidential committee to look into amnesty for prisoners, Sisi said, speaking in a bilateral meeting with Biden held on the sidelines of the COP27 summit in Sharm el Sheikh.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose, Ahmed Tolba and Alaa Swilam; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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