Egypt endorses international cooperation through several committee, ministerial meetings

Egypt endorses international cooperation through several committee, ministerial meetings

Egypt’s Ministry of International Cooperation held joint committee meetings as well as tripartite meetings during 2021 to boost bilateral relations and cooperation across different sectors with several countries. The joint committees were held with Jordan, Libya, South Sudan, and Ukraine, while the tripartite ministerial meetings were between Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq, the ministry said in an official statement. Earlier this year, in March, Egypt’s Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, and Jordanian Prime Minister, Bisher Al Khasawneh, chaired the 29th Joint Egyptian-Jordanian Higher Committee meetings in Amman. The joint committee witnessed seven agreed-upon documents, memoranda of understanding (MoU), and cooperation agreements in the fields of and renewable energy, planning, water, urban development, and tech-related segments. Egypt also had a joint higher committee with Libya in September, marking the first committee meeting held since 2009. The meeting resulted in 20 joint agreements and executive contracts. The two countries penned MoUs on joint cooperation in social affairs, civil aviation, combating marine pollution and its effects, marine search, as well as housing and construction. In addition, there were joint agreements on youth and sports, oil and gas, as well as MoU between Libya’s Organization for Development of Administrative Centers (ODAC) and a group of Egyptian