On July 22, 2010 Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Mr. Yevhen Mykytenko received the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Ukraine Yasir Atef on his request. During the meeting the Sides discussed a number of regional African issues.

Yevhen Mykytenko handed over greeting letters to the Egyptian leadership from the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych and the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov on the occasion of the National Day of ARE.