Egypt has ‘stable’ relations with US, ‘special’ with China: FM Shoukry

  • Date: 27-Jan-2021
  • Source: Egypt Today
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Egypt
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Egypt has ‘stable’ relations with US, ‘special’ with China: FM Shoukry

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the parliament - Photo by Khaled Mashaal for ET







CAIRO – 26 January 2021: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was at the parliament Tuesday, where he talked the government's 2018-2020 foreign policy program as requested by the House.

Regarding Egypt's relations with the United States, the third biggest investor in the country, with investments reaching 22 billion dollars, Shoukry described them as “stable” and based on solid ground.

The volume of trade exchange between Egypt and the US increased by 76 percent from 2016 to 2019, the minister said.

FM Shoukry further highlighted that, as part of the program, Egypt was keen on strengthening its relations with the European countries with an aim to attract more European investments and open markets for Egyptian products in Europe.

For Egypt-China relations, Shoukry said they are “special,” stressing that the two countries “see eye to eye on the