Egypt, Jordan, Iraq discuss joint agreements to boost partnership

CAIRO – 13 October 2020: Foreign ministers of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan has held a meeting Tuesday to discuss joint agreements between the three countries.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received Tuesday his Jordanian counterpart Ayman el-Safdy and Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein at Tahrir Palace in Cairo.

The meeting comes to resume discussions of the agreements that the three states signed in August; boost efficient partnership and deepen coordination and strategic integration between the three countries o economic, developmental, political, security and cultural levels.

During a tripartite summit held in Amman at the end of last August, headed by King Abdullah II, and with the participation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, the leaders stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation and adopting the best ways and mechanisms to translate strategic relations on the ground.

The leaders highlighted areas of cooperation in economic, such as electrical connectivity, energy projects, and the common economic zone, especially in light of the global consequences of the emerging coronavirus pandemic on health, food and economic security.

During August’s summit, the leaders directed the relevant ministers to focus on the health and medical sectors, education, energy and intra-trade; encourage investment and economic cooperation, and benefit from the lessons of the emerging corona virus pandemic, in order to deepen cooperation in the face of the impact of the pandemic.

The leaders instructed the foreign ministers to set tasks entrusted to the executive secretariat, including the tasks of preparing for tripartite and ministerial summits, following up on their outputs, and submitting the necessary reports for leaders' meetings.