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The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NEMC) in Fustat, Islamic Cairo, received a delegation of Italian tourists, who were keen to observe the museum exquisite collections.
Accompanied by the NEMC’s deputy executive director for archaeological affairs Maysara Abdullah, the Italian delegation toured the museum to get acquainted with its distinguished artifacts and breathtaking archaeological treasures.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Friday 03/06/2022 inspected the Great Transfiguration project site around St Catherine in South Sinai.
The project includes a 3170-square meter visitor centre, a reception area, and information office, shops, administrative offices, flight booking offices, a restaurant, a cafeteria, and a planetarium.
The premier also toured the Peace Square project, which includes a 7,300-square meters outdoor celebration plaza, a museum, and a theatre.
He also visited projects to construct an integrated mountain hotel and an eco hostel in Saint Catherine.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
The “Great Transfiguration” Project is considered an excellent opportunity for providing jobs to Saint Catherine city residents, said Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli.
The priority for work will be for the local population, added Madbouli while meeting a number of Bedouin tribes on Friday 03/06/2022.
This project is one of the tourism projects, implemented by the State to give better attention to such sacred site, added the premier.
The Bedouin tribes, for their part, extended thanks to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the government for implementing such an important project.
They affirmed that this project is a great and promising opportunity for the region.
They further said that they noticed a remarkable improvement in the services offered to the citizens in the area.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli praised efforts exerted by the cabinet’s higher medical committee to offer necessary medical care to citizens in May on Saturday 04/06/2022.
The premier was following up on the committee’s efforts through a report, submitted by the committee’s chairman Hossam el Masry.
He stressed the need for continuing efforts to alleviate the suffering of patients and their families and provide them with all possible support in implementation of directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
Madbouli also praised high-level cooperation among health bodies concerned to respond to complaints.
“We are all working on achieving one goal, which is serving the Egyptian citizen,” Madbouli noted.
Masry, for his part, said 489 cases were handled in May, including 119 surgeries.
He added that the committee took necessary measures for 90 cases of oncology and gamma knife, and provided medications for 29 cases.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
The Foreign Ministry announced that preparations are underway to restore a group of ancient Egyptian artifacts that had been already been handed over to Egyptian Ambassador to Switzerland Wael Gad from the Federal Office of Culture in August in 2021.
In a press statement on Saturday 04/06/2022, the ministry said that the artifacts include a statue of a woman made from alabaster, a stone piece with inscriptions that represent pat of God Bes, a cover for a Canopic pot, Sphinx statue made of stone, painting with inscriptions and writings and a cylinder alabaster pot.
It pointed out that this comes within the framework of the priority given by the Egyptian state to the file of restoring smuggled Egyptian artifacts and bringing it back home.
The ministry also pointed out to the efforts it exerts via foreign missions in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
The government plans to issue Sukuk that will be part of funding for the new fiscal year, Finance Minister Mohamed Mait told MENA.
The minister made the remarks in statements to MENA on Saturday 04/06/2022 on the sidelines of a session of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group’s 2022 annual meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
Mait reiterated that the value of Sukuk has not been set so far, while the issue of green Sukuk has not been decided yet.
The government currently works on making the necessary relevant arrangements for issuing Sukuk, the minister said, underlining the need to expand in having further investors of Sukuk and create favorable environment to achieve this goal.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said Friday 03/06/2022 that Egypt is keen to reach a unified vision to protect African economies from global shocks that have intensified with the outbreak of war in Europe in wake of the severe repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic, including the inflationary wave resulting from the disruption of supply chains and the rise in shipping costs.
During his meeting with Senegalese Minister of the Economy, Planning and Cooperation Amadou Hott, Maait underlined the need to improve the competitive capabilities of African economies, attract investment opportunities, remove any obstacles, and create a united African market for goods and services, in a way that helps increase African contributions to global supply and production chains.
The African stance in financing the fight against climate change should be coordinated to help the continent deal positively and flexibly with its environmental and economic consequences, he added.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
Trade and Industry Minister Nivine Gamea, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait and visiting Qatari Finance Minister Ali bin Ahmed al Kuwari toured on Saturday the pavilion of “Our Heritage” exhibition for handicrafts and heritage products.
The exhibition is organized by the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) as part of activities of the 2022 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group in Sharm El Sheikh, which run on 1-4 June, according to a statement by the Agency.
Gamea said the pavilion is organized as per directives of the political leadership about supporting handicrafts.
The Agency is offering all forms of support for small-sized projects in the various fields to encourage Egyptian youth to have job opportunities.
In turn, Kuwari admired the quality products on display in the exhibition, saying it is important to promote vistas of joint cooperation in developing small and medium-sized enterprises.
Maait, for his part, pointed out the government has been always keen on providing incentives and simple taxation facilitation in the new law to develop the different enterprises.
Source: State Information Service Egypt