Mansour‘s arrest occurred two weeks after the official visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi to Germany at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Meetings with Merkel and other representatives of the German authorities took place within the framework of the visit, a number of issues were being discussed and, in particular, an agreement on the implementation of projects in Egypt by Siemens (global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization) worth $8 billion was reached.