CAIRO – 16 November 2020: The International Cooperation Ministry agreed with representatives of German institutions on financing 11 new projects at a value of 132.8 million euros.
The projects span across different fields including irrigation, solid waste, enabling the private sector and electronic governance, the ministry said in a statement.
The move was agreed upon during cooperation negotiations between the Egyptian and German governments.
Negotiations were attended by representatives of the ministries of agriculture, irrigation, electricity, trade and industry, education, social solidarity, youths and communications in addition to officials from the German embassy and the German agency for international cooperation.
Cooperation between the Egyptian and German governments come through bilateral cooperation agreements and debt swap programs.
On October 19, Egypt, the European Union and Germany officially launched the programme “Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Labour Mobility in North Africa” (THAMM) in Egypt in coordination with the implementing agencies: ILO, IOM and GIZ.
The THAMM program, with a total funding of EUR 30,000,000, is in line with several jointly funded programmes by the “Emergency Trust Fund for Stability and Addressing the Root Causes of Irregular Migration and Displaced Persons” in Africa (EUTF) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Last October, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his German counterpart Heiko Maas discussed in a phone call the regional issues of common concern, as well as ways to advance the horizons of bilateral cooperation.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Hafez, said in a statement that the two sides discussed developments in the Palestinian issue and the efforts made to revive the peace process based on the principle of the two-state solution and per international legitimacy resolutions.
The spokesman stated that concerning the situation in the eastern Mediterranean region, the two ministers discussed efforts to restore stability to the region, especially after it witnessed an increasing state of tension during the recent period.
The minister affirmed Egypt's rejection of the policy of expansion and creating tension pursued by some regional parties, stressing that Egypt will coordinate and cooperate with its neighbors and friendly countries, to ensure that the desired security and peace reach all the peoples of the region.
Hafez explained that the call also witnessed discussions between the two ministers on several issues that were raised within the framework of bilateral relations between the two friendly countries. Shoukry and Maas praised what had been achieved in terms of developing relations between the two countries in many fields.
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