Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will hold a meeting on Saturday with Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Mathias I during his six-day visit to Egypt, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the Ethiopian Church.
At the end of his visit, Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church will hold a meeting with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. A government source said that the Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church's visit to Egypt would have positive effects on supporting solving the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis.
This visit that comes at an invitation of Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese will be Abune Mathias's first to Egypt since he took office in 2013.