Egypt’s Planning min., Azerbaijan amb. Discuss means of cooperation
08 March 2023
Egypt’s Minister of Planning & Economic Development, H.E. Dr. Hala El-Said recently met with the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Egypt Elkhan Polukhov to discuss ways to boost cooperation between Egypt and Azerbaijan.
During the meeting, El-Said asserted that the meeting aims at building on the outcomes of the official visit paid by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Azerbaijan in January and meeting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to discuss boosting cooperation at the regional and international levels.
El-Said reiterated the readiness of the Egyptian government to improve bilateral ties to the level of a strategic partnership that covers the political fields in addition to the domains of energy and economy.
The presidential visit to Azerbaijan was successful and witnessed a number of meetings with businessmen and investors, she said, adding that it included reviewing the reforms that Egypt did to facilitate investment measures and projects of development and infrastructure that the state established in the fields of transport and news and renewable energy, she said.
She pointed out the importance of Egypt's strategic position that qualifies it to be a center for producing energy and goods. It also exports them to countries of the world.