CAIRO, Egypt, June 8. Egypt and Azerbaijan will hold a meeting of the Joint Economic and Technical Committee, Egypt's Acting Minister of International Cooperation Rania El-Mashat told reporters, Trend reports.
"Egypt and Azerbaijan have very strong relations. I am also heading the Joint Economic and Technical Committee together with my colleague, Azerbaijan's Minister of Economy. We have a lot of promising areas for collaboration. These include infrastructure, oil and gas, ICT, and pharmaceuticals. Our plans for the future include stepping up our collaboration in these areas,” she said.
Rania El-Mashat noted that just last month Egypt also received a
mission of businessmen and government officials from
Azerbaijan.
"And before COP29, we will hold a meeting of the Egypt-Azerbaijan
Joint Committee to study these areas in more detail. Another very
important aspect of cooperation is COP. Congratulations to
Azerbaijan for hosting COP29 this November. Egypt hosted COP27 two
years ago. There are many areas of cooperation on climate change
and ways to mobilize finance. We hope to expand cooperation,
especially in the business sphere in the sectors I mentioned,” she
concluded.
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