EGYPT AGREES WITH GEORGIA, ARMENIA ON PROMOTING ECONOMIC, TRADE, TECHNICAL COOPERATION
IPR Strategic Business Information Database
July 24, 2008
Ambassador Safia Ibrahim Secretary General of the Egyptian Foreign
Ministry Fund for Cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS) said Egypt has agreed with Georgia and Armenia on
promoting economic cooperation in all fields. Ibrahim has paid a
two-week tour for the two European countries as part of the foreign
minister’s directions to bolster ties with the CIS countries in
the various spheres. As for her visit to Georgia, she said Georgian
officials thanked Egypt for technical aid offered by the Egyptian
side to Georgia and asked the fund to organize more training courses
covering the agriculture, health, tourism, antiquities and Arab
and Islamic culture spheres. During her visit to Armenia, the talks
took up the possibility of benefiting from Egypt’s expertise in the
environmental domain. Over the past period, the fund organized several
training courses for trainees from the two countries.