Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi might be the leader visitor on the Republic Day in January 2023, the Ministry of External Affairs stated on November 27, 2022. Mr. Sisi might be the primary such visitor in view that 2020, as plans for visitors in 2021 and 2022 had been cancelled because of COVID-19.
“This is the primary time that the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt might be the Chief Guest at our Republic Day,” the MEA stated in a announcement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had despatched a proper invitation to al-Sisi which turned into passed over to the Egyptian president through External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on October 16. Both international locations are celebrating the seventy fifth anniversary of the status quo of diplomatic family members this year.
Egypt has been invited as a ‘Guest Country’ at some point of India’s Presidency of G-20 in 2022-23, the announcement stated. “India and Egypt experience heat and pleasant family members primarily based totally on civilisational and deep-rooted humans-to-humans ties,” the announcement stated.
Leaders of pleasant international locations have graced the Republic Day celebrations in view that 1950, whilst the then Indonesian President Sukarno turned into invited because the leader visitor. In 1952, 1953 and 1966, the Republic Day celebrations had been held with out a overseas chief as leader visitor. In 2021, the then British top minister Boris Johnson turned into invited because the leader visitor however his go to needed to be cancelled because of the growing COVID-19 instances in Britain.
This year, India had invited leaders of the 5 Central Asian Republics, who had been to go to Delhi for the India-Central Asia Summit, as leader visitors for the Republic Day celebrations. However, the go to turned into cancelled because of growing COVID-19 instances in India. The India-Central Asia Summit turned into held withinside the digital format.
In 2018, the complete Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) management comprising 10 heads of nation turned into gift on the Republic Day parade. In 2020, the then Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro turned into the leader visitor. Former U.S. President Barack Obama (2015), Russian President Vladimir Putin (2007), former French presidents Nicholas Sarkozy (2008) and Francois Hollande (2016) have additionally been leader visitors on the Republic Day celebrations withinside the past.