Egyptian Ambassador to Armenia expressed readiness to promote economic cooperation between Armenia and Egypt

Arminfo, Armenia
Feb 14 2019
Alina Hovhannisyan

ArmInfo.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt Bahaa El Din Bahgat Disuki intends to contribute to the development of  Armenian-Egyptian economic cooperation, the implementation of joint  investment programs, the involvement of Egyptian business in the  Armenian market.

The Ambassador stated this during a meeting with  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.According to the press service of the  government, the ambassador noted that he is honorably accepting a  commitment to strengthen friendly ties between Armenia and Egypt, for  which he will make maximum efforts.In turn, the Prime Minister noted  that Armenia attaches particular importance to the development of  political, economic and cultural relations with Egypt.

In particular, he praised the level of political relations, noting  that economic cooperation should correspond to this level.At the same  time, Pashiyan stressed the importance of activating the work of the  Armenian- Egyptian intergovernmental commission and organizing a  business forum, which will help increase the volume of mutual trade  turnover between the countries.According to the report, during the  meeting, the sides exchanged views on the development of bilateral  and multilateral trade and economic relations, intensification of  contacts in different formats. At the same time, Pashinyan and Bahgat  Disuki stressed the importance of Egypt signing a free trade  agreement with the EAEU.