Foreign Minister meets with German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Foreign Minister Sameh Choukri met on Wednesday with German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd Mueller as part of the European tour to Germany and Austria

Ambbadador Ahmed Abu Zeid, Ministry Spokesperson Foreign Minister Shukri praised German support for Egypt's economic reform program by providing a loan to fill the funding gap of $ 500 million over the years 2017 and 2018. He expressed his hope to increase German investments. in Egypt, which do not exceed 2.5 billion euros. Abu Zeid that the Minister of During the meeting, welcomed the outside patrolling the annual meeting of the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development between Egypt and Germany since 2016 alternately, which has held its last session in Cairo in October 2017 during the visit of the Minister to Egypt Mueller.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs also reiterated our concern to implement what was discussed at the President's meeting with Minister "Mueller" in Cairo in October 2017 to support development cooperation with the United States. Egypt in its fundamental and technical aspects.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs raised the possibility of a partnership between Egypt and Germany on the occasion of the Egyptian presidency of the African Union for the implementation of implementation of development objectives in the fields of agriculture and vocational training. The German Minister expressed his great appreciation for the successful development partnership with Egypt, especially in light of the bold and important steps taken by the President to reform the economic structure, reflecting the political will actual of