Cairo: Badr Abdelatty, Egyptian Minister of Foreign and Emigration Affairs, highlighted the historic relations between Egypt and Djibouti, underscoring the importance of furthering ties through capitalizing on the strides made in enhancing bilateral cooperation over the past period. The Egyptian foreign minister said that beefing up relations between Egypt and Djibouti demonstrates the firm commitment of both political leaderships to strengthen ties at all levels. According to Bahrain News Agency, Minister Abdelatty made the remarks while receiving Djibouti's Parliament Speaker Dileita Mohamed Dileita, who is visiting Cairo. Minister Abdelatty highlighted the importance of strengthening cooperation, exchanging expertise in parliamentary affairs, establishing Egyptian-Djiboutian friendship committees within both Senates along activating existing committees in the Houses of Representatives. He also underlined the importance of maintaining the pace of parliamentary delegation visits, in light of the significan ce of parliamentary and legislative relations between the two countries. They reaffirmed the importance of the maintained dialogue and consultation towards serving the mutual interests and enhancing regional stability and security.