Egypt’s Al-Sisi Visits Co-Non-Permanent Security Council Member Japan

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi visits the Japanese capital Tokyo for a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito. On the agenda are also a meeting at the Egypt-Japan Business Council, bilateral and international relations as well as security. The visit comes only weeks after both countries assumed their role as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Abe_Al-Sisi_Japan_Tokyo_Feb 2016Arriving in Tokyo on Sunday, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi will stay in Japan for four days. After visiting Kazakhstan, Japan is the second leg of Al-Sisi’s Asia tour. On Wednesday Al-Sisi will be visiting South Korea. Preparations for Al-Sisi to address Japan’s powerful Diet are also underway. Al-Sisi would be the first Egyptian President to address the body. His visit to Tokyo comes about one year after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Business First – Y10 Billion for Egypt’s Solar Energy

 Al-Sisi and his host Shinzo Abe are expected to sign several trade agreements and agreements on official government assistance, including the provision of a loan of approximately Y10 billion ($89.65 million) to help finance the construction of a large solar power plant and the large battery system required to store the energy that the project generates. Japan will reportedly agree to a long-term and low-interest loan. Tokyo aims at showcasing its competitiveness and expertise in the field of solar power plants.

Kagoshima power plant: is floating solar the future? Kyocera

Kagoshima power plant: is floating solar the future? Kyocera

Even though Japan’s powerful nuclear and banking lobby has pushed the Japanese administration to restart nuclear reactors, the Japanese industry has since the catastrophic meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant been at the forefront of the development of solar power plants, including floating solar power plants.

Egypt plans to construct a 20-megawatt solar power plant in the city of Hurghada at the Red Sea coast. The plant will also include a 30-megawatt storage facility. The project is scheduled to go on-line by 2019 and to supply electricity to about 7,000 households. The plan to build the “green” power plant at the Red Sea aims according to several analysts also at improving the image of Egypt’s Red Sea tourism resorts.

Abe and Al-Sisi will also discuss and maybe sign an agreement about the provision of a $243 million loan for three electricity distribution companies in Cairo, Alexandria and the Delta region, and as well as a $14 million grant for the Abu El-Rish Children’s Hospital. A survey in 2015 documented that many of Egypt’s hospital and medical facilities are substandard and in disarray. Tokyo will also be helping Egypt with the construction of small-scale dams in Dirout.

Security and Foreign Policy – Non-Permanent Seats at the UN Security Council

Members ot the Security Council vote on the resolution. UN Photo-Mark GartenPresident Al-Sisi’s visit to Japan comes only weeks after both countries assumed their role as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. Both countries have repeatedly stressed the failure of the United Nations and especially the failure of the five permanent UN Security Council members to fulfill their mandate for peace. In 2015, at the occasion of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed that the United Nations and especially the permanent UNSC members had failed to protect smaller nations from the machinations of superpowers’ geopolitical ambitions, as the League of Nations had failed to protect the worlds smaller countries from the devastating World War II. Japan, for its part, is strongly critical of what Tokyo perceives as Russia’s abuse of its permanent UNSC seat with regard to the Russian occupied Northern Japanese territories. Tokyo has also, repeatedly voiced its strong discontent with the fact that all permanent UNSC members, despite a UN General Assembly resolution, maintains the paragraphs in the Charter of the UN that designate Japan as well as Germany and Italy as “Enemy States to the UN”. Abe and Al-Sisi will also discuss security issues concerning the spread of radicalized Islamic Insurgencies and their role within a wider geopolitical and security context.

CH/L – nsnbc 28.02.2016

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