Day: January 22, 2023

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received Sunday visiting Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said Egypt highly appreciates the deeply-rooted ties with Italy as well as the fruitful cooperation.

He said the talks are expected to tackle a number of key strategic files.

The two sides will also exchange views on a number of regional and international issues.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Egypt has strongly condemned the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by an extremist on Saturday in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, as a “disgraceful act”.

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In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that this “disgraceful act provokes the feelings of hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world”.

In the foreign ministry’s statement, Egypt warned of the danger of such acts that offend religions and fuel hate speech and violence.

Egypt also called for upholding the values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence and for preventing all forms of offense against religions and their sanctities through such extremist practices.

“These extremist practices are inconsistent with the values of respect of others, freedom of belief, human rights and human fundamental freedoms,” the ministry stressed.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

The Cabinet’s media center has issued a report highlighting rumors circulated during 2022 at the government level.

Rumors about the economy made up 23.6 percent of the false news that were meant to create instability and shake public confidence in state efforts and its reform and development plans, according to the report that was released earlier on Sunday.

It added that unfounded stories about supply commodities reached about 21.3 percent, followed by the education sector with 19.1 percent and the health sector with 11 percent.

False news about the agriculture and social protection departments made up 4.9 percent each, the report said.

Rumors about the energy and administrative reform sectors made up 4 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, according to the report.

It made it clear that false news about both the tourism and housing departments reached 3.6 percent each.

Unverified information about other sectors made up 0.9 percent, the report added.

The report stressed that the state is still fighting a “battle of awareness”, noting that refuting rumors is in the heart of this battle.

Rumors are attempts to falsify facts, create a state of instability and shake confidence in reform and development plans, it said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Supply and Internal Trade Minister Ali el Moslehi said on Sunday the Egyptian State adopted many strides over the past eight years to achieve food security through reclaiming more lands and cultivating strategic crops.

The minister made the remarks during his participation in the international forum for food and agriculture, currently in session in Berlin.

More than 70 agriculture ministers are taking part in the event that kicked off on January 18.

He made clear that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict affected prices of commodities globally in light of the rise of transport and energy prices, calling for rallying all international efforts to reduce the price of food and energy, especially for developing nations.

He underlined the importance of engaging major states in achieving food security and carrying out sustainable applicable solutions to secure food to all world populations by 2030 and limit climate changes.

Meanwhile, the minister held several meetings on the sidelines of the forum, including a meeting with the German agriculture minister.

He expressed Egypt’s desire to increase its imports of German wheat and flour as part of its policy aiming at diversifying sources of imports.

He also called for stepping up cooperation with Germany in the agricultural and food security domains.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the presidential initiative for the early detection of hearing problems and deafness in newborns is a sustainable initiative for public health and is not limited to certain time.

In statements to “Good Morning Egypt” TV program, Abdel Ghaffar said the presidential initiatives are not limited to certain time.

He said that the states conducting comprehensive hearing scans of newborns represent 38 percent of world countries.

He expounded that early detection of hearing problems can help in child treatment in order to have a normal life, but any delay can hamper child’s innovative skills.

He said that 3,500 health units all over Egypt conduct hearing scans for newborns from one-day-old until 28-day-old.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

The 54th edition of Cairo International Book Fair will kick off on Wednesday and run until February 6 with the participation of 1,047 publishers.

Jordan will be this year’s guest of honor.

The late Egyptian poet Salah Jaheen will be the personality of the year, while the Egyptian writer Kamel Kilani, who has pioneered children’s literature across the Arab world, will be the personality of the year at the children’s exhibition.

As many as 1,047 publishers representing 53 countries are taking part in the fair that will include different cultural activities.

The fair administration launched an e-application to help customers and book lovers access all available services at the Book Fair and learn about the latest news and events.

Between 1984 and 2019, the fair was held at the Cairo International Fair Zone in Nasr City, but is now held at the more spacious and better equipped International Exhibition Centre in New Cairo.

Inaugurated in 1969 and organized by the General Egyptian Book Organization, the Cairo International Book Fair is one of the largest in the world and the oldest in the Arab world, bringing hundreds of book sellers locally and worldwide.

It is the largest book fair in the Arab world, as well as the oldest. In 2006, it was the second largest book fair in the world after the Frankfurt Book Fair.

The Fair was canceled in January 2011 due to the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Last year, it was held in exceptional circumstances amid coronavirus restrictions.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

The Information and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers released on Sunday 22/1/2023 its annual report “Egypt Through the Eyes of the World 2022” in its fifth edition, which monitors the development of Egypt’s performance in a number of development areas during 2022 through indicators and reports issued by 60 international and regional institutions.

Mr. Osama Al-Jawhari, Assistant Prime Minister, Head of the Information Centre, explained that the report was divided into 4 main interlocutors: The economic hub, which focuses on Egypt’s resilience and the ability of the economy to cope with successive crises, digital transformation and entrepreneurship which highlights digital transformation efforts and the future of Egypt’s startups, The social hub, which focuses on human and community development efforts, and Egypt’s role at the international level s efforts to combat climate change in the light of its hosting of the Cop27 Climate Conference.

With regard to the economic axis, the head of the Center noted that international institutions praised the ability of the Egyptian economy to cope with global economic crises, beginning with the COVID pandemic – 19, the crisis of global supply chains and the negative consequences of the Ukrainian crisis, adding that despite those challenges, Egypt’s economy had achieved a 6.6% growth rate in 2022, with expectations that Egypt would attract $22 billion in investment over the coming period.

Mr. Osama Al-Jawhari said that Egypt’s hotel sector had achieved a boom in recent years. Egypt became the leading African country in hotel projects in 2022, as well as the development of external sector indicators and foreign exchange sources In addition to the development of Egypt’s center in the indicators of travel and tourism, as well as the automotive industry and smart industries s economy, which will lead to the recovery of foreign investment rates in the medium term.

With regard to digital transformation and entrepreneurship, the head of the center explained that Egypt was among the top 3 countries attracted to investing in start-ups in the Middle East and North Africa region. 11 Egyptian startup was able to attract investments of about $ 508.5 million in 2022. Egypt jumped 42 positions in the Digital Government Maturity Index 2022 according to the World Bank to become in the Developed Countries category (A). It also jumped 34 positions in the Postal Development Index 2022, and 5 Egyptian companies became among the most important 25 financial technology companies in the Middle East region in 2022. This reflects the scale of efforts made in the development of services. The Economist Research Unit also confirmed the development of Egypt’s Internet by advancing 4 centres in the comprehensive Internet Index in 2022.

Turning to the social axis, he confirmed the annual report of the Council of Ministers’ Information Centre. Egypt advanced for the third consecutive year in the World Soft Power Index Egypt was ranked 31st in 2022, compared to 38th in 2020, and Egypt was ranked among the top 8 African countries on the Sustainable Development Goals Index. It achieved the world’s 97th place in the Human Development Index (HDI), having advanced about 19 places on that index, International and regional institutions also highlighted Egypt’s strengthening of the local social protection network Egypt has advanced many international classifications of education and scientific research.

With regard to the environmental axis, he referred to Egypt’s hosting of the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, which had culminated in Egypt’s efforts over the past years to bring about a qualitative shift in energy and environmental conservation, in conjunction with the implementation of unprecedented national projects; Egypt topped many regional lists in the field of electricity generation from the sun and wind, expanded in the field of green hydrogen, especially within the economic zone of the Suez Canal, and became the first Arab in hydrogen production projects with about 23 projects in 2022, demonstrating Egypt’s ability to diversify its resources, conserve its wealth and develop it in keeping with the needs of its future children.

The President of the Centre for Information and Decision Support concluded his remarks by noting that the international indicators and reports contained in the report “Egypt in the Eyes of the World 2022” showed the resilience of various sectors of the Egyptian economy; This is despite the global geostrategic crisis affecting the joints of the international economy.

Source: State Information Service Egypt