Egyptian Minister to be first visting leader to meet Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi, despite being a PM hopeful, has neither displayed much interest in international affairs nor made any special effort to engage with India’s partners abroad. In his decadelong stint in Parliament, he has made official visits to China, Afghanistan, Egypt and New Zealand.

Although incoming leaders have not made special efforts to meet him, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, who arrives in Delhi this week, will be an exception as he plans to meet Gandhi. Gandhi had travelled to Cairo in 2009 at the invitation of the son of then President Hosni Mubarak.