Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatta. File | Photo Credit: AP
The Israel-Iman conflict on Sunday (June 22, 2025) threw a shadow on the Indian diplomatic calendar with the Minister of Egyptian Foreign ABdelatta, which was expected to put his visit on Monday 23 June 2025).
The Ministry of the External Affairs announced a visit to Mr. Abdelatty on Saturday (June 21, 2025), but in the background of regional tensions, sources reported on Sunday (June 22, 2025) that the visit would not take place this week.
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It was expected that Badr Abdelatta would talk to the merchant and minister of industry Piyush Goyal, the Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw and the Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar during the visit, but said: “The visit to Egyptian Foreign Minister was postponed.
The abolition of a visit to the Egyptian Foreign Minister in India came to India after US President Donald Trump said that the fleet of American B2 bombers had carried out air raids on nuclear installations in Ford, Natanz and Esfahan. Mr. Abdelatta was one of the best regional negotiators and has been decisions after consultation with Iranian and American creators in the last few weeks.
On June 2, 2025, the Iranian Foreign Minister of Seyed Abbas Araghchi hosted. 3 June 2025 met with a multilateral delegation (led by NCP Lok Sabha Supriya Sule), who visited Cairo to give Indian concerns from Pakistan.
Mr. Abdelatta was in Istanbul to attend the 51. Foreign Council Council of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and was scheduled to fly to India after a meeting in Istanbul.
Egypt was in contact with India about the evolving situation, and the Indian citizens in Israel who were willing to leave Israel were recommended to go through the Egyptian-Israeli border. 20 June 2025, a handful of Indian nationals who were in Israel, arrived in Egypt using Taba Land Crossing.
Published – June 22, 2025 01:32
