(AGENPARL) - Roma, 20 Marzo 2023(AGENPARL) – MOSCA lun 20 marzo 2023
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Arab Republic of Egypt Ahmed Samir Saleh held the 14th meeting of the Russian-Egyptian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation.
Denis Manturov and Ahmed Samir Saleh sign the final protocol of the 14th meeting of the Russian-Egyptian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and
Trade Denis Manturov and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Arab Republic of
Egypt Ahmed Samir Saleh held the 14th meeting of the
Russian-Egyptian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific
and Technological Cooperation. The Russian delegation comprised over 100
representatives of Russian agencies and companies.
The parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation
in trade, finance, industry, energy, transport, digital technology,
agriculture, science, education and other areas.
“We continue joint efforts to further develop our
trade and economic cooperation. Thanks to these efforts, Russian-Egyptian trade
grew by almost 30 percent in 2022 and exceeded $6 billion. Egypt remains a major
foreign trade partner for Russia in Africa. Russian exports include metals, textiles,
wood and machine-building products. We also export foods that are in demand on the
Egyptian market, first of all, wheat. The Russian market offers a wide range of
Egyptian agricultural products, including citrus fruit, potatoes, grapes and
nuts,” Denis Manturov said.
In this regard, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Industry and Trade noted the importance of signing an agreement on free
trade between the EAEU and Egypt to increase the trade volume and diversify its
structure.
Denis Manturov also noted the prospects for expanding cooperation
in education. Interest in studying at Russian universities is growing among
Egyptian students: over the past five years, the number of students from Egypt
has increased more than six-fold and exceeded 15,000. The most popular areas of
study are medicine, engineering, robotics and nuclear physics.
Following the event, Denis Manturov and Ahmed Samir
Saleh signed the final protocol of the 14th meeting of the Russian-Egyptian
Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological
Cooperation. A protocol on cooperation, information exchange and mutual
assistance within the unified system of tariff concessions of the Eurasian
Economic Union between the customs agencies of Russia and Egypt was also
signed, in addition to a protocol on introducing amendments to the
intergovernmental agreement on creating and providing conditions for the
activity of the Russian industrial zone in the Suez Canal economic zone. The document
significantly expands the opportunities for the resident companies of the
Russian industrial zone.
During his working visit to Egypt, the Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade visited the Russian Export Centre’s
demonstration and tasting pavilion of agro-industrial products, where he was
shown Russian food products promoted on the Egyptian market.
Fonte/Source: http://government.ru/en/news/48036/
