Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz started on Wednesday a visit to Cairo, where he is scheduled to meet with Egyptian officials on ways of bolstering bilateral cooperation.

Kurz will hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, as well as Grand Imam of al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb and Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese.

The talks will probe a number of regional and international issues.

Kurz is set to visit the Austrian Cultural Center in Cairo.