Prime Minister Modi is in Egypt at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Sisi was the Chief Guest at India's Republic Day celebrations in January 2023.
In September 2016, President Sisi had visited India. Sisi also met PM Modi in October 2015 at the Third India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi. Both leaders also had met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York the same year.