Arab FinanceOn the sidelines of his participation in the 23rd COMESA Summit in Bujumbura, Burundi, Engineer Hassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, met with Mr. Enokkavindile, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Zambia.
Engineer Hassan Al-Khatib said that Egypt is keen to continue its investment cooperation with Zambia in accordance with the priority sectors of the Zambian government, most notably transportation, land connectivity, energy, agriculture, and livestock and fishery development. He pointed out the importance of strengthening trade cooperation between Egypt and Zambia within the framework of the COMESA Agreement, and the readiness of Egyptian companies to direct… More of its exports to the Zambian market in various export sectors, especially food industries, engineering industries, textile industries, chemicals and fertilisers, building and construction materials, and medical and pharmaceutical industries.
It is mentioned that The volume of Egyptian exports to Zambia It witnessed a noticeable increase during the first half of this year, as its value rose to 15 million US dollars, an increase of 85% over its value during the same period last year. The most important Egyptian exports to Zambia were concentrated in the sectors of medical products, chemicals, food industries, engineering industries, and packaging products. And packaging. The meeting was attended by Ambassador Moataz Anwar, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Zambia and Egypt’s Permanent Representative to COMESA, Minister Plenipotentiary for Trade Fadel Yacoub, Director of Affairs of African Countries and Organizations at the Trade Representation, and First Secretary for Trade Mohamed Abdullah, Head of the Trade Representation Office in Zambia and the contact point for the Ministry of Investment and Trade. External Affairs with the COMESA Secretariat.
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