The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Secretary-General and the Minister discussed regional developments, including the Middle East Peace Process, the Sudan, Libya and Syria.  The Secretary-General expressed appreciation for Egypt’s important mediation role in the region.  The Secretary-General also raised the importance of reforms of the international financial systems to the developing world. 
 
The Secretary-General thanked Egypt for its efforts to launch the Global Initiatives during the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) in November 2022 and stressed the importance of implementing the Initiatives.