The invitation to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as India’s chief guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations on January 26 will likely reinforce the age-old connection between the two earliest civilisations. As India has assumed the chair of the G20, the invitation to a leader of an important country in Africa signifies India’s role as the voice of the south and an interlocutor between the global South with the North.
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