Germany raises issue of human rights with Egypt's Sisi

BERLIN

German Chancellor Angela Merkel took up the issue of human rights with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a meeting in Berlin, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

The talks came on the sidelines of the Compact with Africa summit.

“The chancellor has of course used the opportunity of bilateral meetings yesterday and today to address more advanced topics, the way she has done it also in the past. Issues like democracy, human rights, freedom of movement of civil society and this was also the case with her talks with the Egyptian president,” Steffen Seibert said during the routine weekly

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