New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, is set to visit India from February 6-7.

The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said that the Egypt's Foreign Minister will arrive in New Delhi in the early hours of February 6 and later in the day, call on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Following this, he will pay tribute at Rajghat with a wreath-laying ceremony. In the evening, he is scheduled to meet with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at Hyderabad House. The visit will conclude with his departure in the early hours of February 7.

According to the Embassy of India in Cairo, India and Egypt, two of the world's oldest civilizations, have enjoyed a history of close contact fr...