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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, accompanied by his Belgian and Luxembourg counterparts, met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The talks focused on cultural relations and economic cooperation between the Benelux countries and Egypt.

The meeting addressed the violence in Sudan and the need for international action, the situation in Gaza, and other regional developments. Schoof highlighted Egypt’s mediating role in achieving a ceasefire and stressed the importance of implementing the agreements from the first phase of the Gaza peace plan.

The discussions also explored ways to strengthen economic cooperation in fields such as sustainable energy and water projects. Schoof commented on the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, saying it would serve to enhance cultural exchange between nations. He also announced that a stone head from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III, seized in the Netherlands, would be returned to Egypt.