Day: August 7, 2022

Scheduled for November of this year, the COP27 in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh will be held with an agenda that focuses on comprehensive international efforts to fight climate change.

Bringing together all world players concerned, the conference will be a chance for wide and serious interaction and integration of views regarding climate change.

The gathering in Egypt should be concerned with quickly implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change.

The COP27 is set to probe the files of financing, scientific research, carbon footprint reduction, adaptation to climate change and agriculture, water, energy, biodiversity and gender.

Representatives of governments and companies, as well as innovators, will also hold a special session to discuss possible solutions with the aim to exchange expertise and ideas about raising global awareness and promoting best practices in this regard.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Senate Speaker Abdel Wahab Abdel Razeq has praised Egypt’s historical relations with South Korea.

During a meeting with South Korean Ambassador to Egypt Hong Jin-wook on Sunday, Abdel Razeq said that Egyptian-Korean relations saw significant improvement in various fields during the past period.

The South Korean ambassador, meanwhile, said that his country is keen to promote relations with Egypt in different areas amid the current regional and global challenges.

He further praised the pivotal role played by Egypt to reinforce security and stability in the Middle East region.

He invited Abdel Razeq to visit South Korea as part of efforts to upgrade relations between the two counties.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki received Sunday his Burkinabe counterpart and the delegation accompanying him, currently in Egypt on a several-day official visit.

An official reception ceremony was accorded to the Burkinabe minister at the headquarters of the general secretariat of the Defense Ministry, where he inspected an honour guard before the national anthems of Egypt and Burkina Faso were played.

The meeting tackled several issues of common interest in the field of military cooperation between Cairo and Ouagadougou.

Zaki voiced Egypt’s appreciation for the strategic ties binding the two countries, reiterating the Armed Forces’ keenness on boosting cooperation in various military domains.

For his side, the Burkinabe minister hailed Egypt’s leading role in the region and expressed his country’s wishes for reinforcing the security and military cooperation between the two countries.

A protocol of cooperation in the field of defense was also signed between the two sides, covering the most important areas of cooperation that the armed forces of the two countries seek to strengthen in the next stage.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

International Cooperation Minister Rania Mashat reviewed prospects of cooperation between Egypt and the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meant to promote bilateral efforts in the food security and agriculture domains.

During a meeting Sunday with FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa Abdul Hakim el-Waer, the minister discussed ways to boost Egypt- FAO drives, especially in light of the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP27, set for the Red Sea resort city of Sham el-Sheikh in Nov., under the umbrella of Egypt’s National Climate Change Strategy-2050.

Mashat hailed ongoing Egypt-FAO cooperation, highlighting significance of all floated activities, especially amid current challenges facing food security.

Also enhancing practices, as part of Egypt’s strategic relations with the UN and its affiliated agencies and programs, figured high on the two sides’ talks, with a view to strengthening food, water, agriculture, animal wealth and biosecurity efforts.

The talks also took up future partnership between both sides, in accordance with the State’s priorities, including efforts to combat climate change to promote the green recovery and reduce harmful emissions.

Meantime, Mashat probed with the FAO official the 2nd edition of Egypt International Cooperation forum (Egypt-ICF), that is planned to set a unified vision for the green transition ahead of COP27.

The event will bring together public, as well as private sectors’ officials, along with multilateral development banks’ representatives, in order to draw up a unified vision and coordinate efforts so as to push forward climate action in Africa, enhance innovative and sustainable financing instruments, and narrow the financing gap for green transition, according to the minister.

For his part, the FAO official underscored the organization’s keeness on extending full support to Egypt’s hosting of COP27.

He cited a number of initiatives and activities FAO is scheduled to bring forward during COP27.

Source: State Information Service Egypt