Egypt, Somalia discuss cooperation in environment issues

Egypt, Somalia discuss cooperation in environment issues

Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad has met with her Somali counterpart Khadija Al-Makhzoumi, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change of the Republic of Somalia, to discuss ways of future cooperation between the two countries and the signing of a joint executive programme, and cooperation to enhance capacity-building in the field of environment for the Somali side.

The two sides discussed the latest developments in the agreement on the executive programme 2023-2025 of the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries in 2015, for cooperation in a number of fields, including environmental monitoring, environmental assessment of projects, integrated coastal zone management, climate change, air quality, training, capacity building, nature protection, and environmental education.

For her part, Al-Makhzoumi affirmed her aspiration to consolidate bilateral cooperation with Egypt in the field of environment, to benefit from Egyptian expertise in environmental and climate files, to build Somali national capacities in the field of environment and to exchange experiences and expertise, as the new Ministry of Environment and Climate Change is currently being restructured, institutional systems and necessary cadres are being developed, and a strategy is being prepared for the next ten years.

Fouad expressed her desire to provide all the expertise required to support