The Egyptian community in Equatorial Guinea staged a mass public reception for Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab who arrived Monday at Malabo international airport.

Guinean citizens, wearing their traditional clothes, took part in the event, raising photos of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema and Mahlab.

Egyptian and Guinean flags were also raised along the way from the airport to the residence of Mahlab.

During the visit, Mahlab will convey a message from President Abdel Fatah El Sisi to Mbasogo on the bilateral relations and an invitation to attend the planned inauguration of the new Suez Canal.

Mahlab will have talks with senior officials in Equatorial Guinea on ways of boosting the bilateral ties and cooperation on the African issues.

He will take part in an international conference on Ebola.

The president of Equatorial Guinea had dispatched his deputy and the country's prime minister along with a number of ministers to receive the Egyptian premier at the airport.

The premier will also open the new compound of the Egyptian embassy in Malabo.

He will also meet with a number of African officials who are taking part in the conference on Ebola to discuss means of boosting African-Egyptian cooperation.