Armenian Speaker, Egyptian official discuss expanding cooperation

Noyan Tapan news agency
8 Jul 04

YEREVAN

Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan received Muhammad Sha’ban,
assistant minister of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, on 7 July. The
sides expressed satisfaction with political relations between Armenia
and Egypt, as well as with the current level of cooperation in
international organizations. Noting the similarity of the viewpoints
of Armenia and Egypt in relation to regional problems, they expressed
the unanimous opinion that peace and stability in the region are an
important condition for the development of economic relations between
the two countries.

According to the participants in the meeting, Armenian-Egyptian
trade-economic relations are lagging behind bilateral political
relations, and the existing opportunities in this sphere are not being
used yet. The prime minister expressed his satisfaction with the
establishment of the first joint enterprise in the health sphere and
expressed his gratitude to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry for arranging
courses conducted by the fund of technical cooperation with the CIS
countries, which were attended by 215 Armenian specialists in 2003.

The sides noted the importance of holding the fourth session of the
Armenian-Egyptian intergovernmental commission which is planned to be
held in Cairo in autumn. As for the problems in various spheres, the
sides in particular touched upon the problem of stepping up
cooperation in the sphere of tourism.

The possibilities of establishing cooperation between the universities
of Yerevan and Cairo and also between the medical faculty of Cairo
Medical University and Yerevan Medical University were also discussed
during the meeting.