The Ambassador of Egypt expressed the invitation of the President of Armenia to President Al-Sisi to visit his country and another invitation from Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri to visit Armenia. Armenia appreciates Egypt’s efforts in fighting terrorism on behalf of the world. The two foreign countries and reciprocal invitations for the visit between the two immigration ministers in Egypt and Armenia, where both countries share a large number of their nationals abroad, both for Egypt, which has about 10 million Egyptians abroad, and Armenia, which has a population of 7 million. The two ministers will have an opportunity to exchange experience between the two ministries in this field.

He added that this period is witnessing intensive activity in an attempt to translate the excellent political relations between the two countries on a practical level so that they will have tangible effects and results at a level that is felt by both the Egyptian and Armenian citizens, pointing out the meetings of the joint committee between the two countries, Sahar Nasr and the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation during the coming period.

He continued: There was a delegation from the Armenian Ministry of Technology and Communications to visit Egypt recently, where Egypt is making clear progress in the field of information technology, one of the areas of promising investment between the two countries.

In the field of education, Maati pointed out that there are grants from Egypt to students of Armenia to study in Egyptian universities in addition to courses organized by the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture and received a large turnout, estimated at 5 to 7 annual grants for training in agriculture and livestock, And an envoys from the Egyptian Agency for Partnership for Development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to teach Arabic in Armenian universities. In return, there is an initiative from the Aurora Fund, American alliance in Yerevan, stressing the welcome of Armenian universities and the opening of its colleges to Egyptian students

The ambassador pointed out that the direct flights between the cities of Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada and the Armenian capital Yerevan coincides with 25 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries and that Egypt was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Armenia in 1992, Between the two peoples and the contribution of the Armenian Egyptians in various aspects of life in Egypt.

On the economic side, the ambassador stressed that the volume of trade exchange between the two countries is up to 15 million dollars, which is a modest figure, saying: “Therefore, we hope that the regular airline will not only serve the tourism but also increase the volume of trade exchange between the two countries through the movement of citizens and He pointed out that Armenia is a member of the Eurasian Union, serving Egypt in its negotiations with the European Union on trade preferences. The Egyptian presence in Armenia opens many other neighboring markets. Egypt has already started its first investment with Armenia in the field of medicines.

He continued: “We hope that the flight line will soon extend to Cairo, adding that this is linked to the progress achieved by Egypt in its war against terrorism and the Egyptian armed forces play the largest role in it.”

He also pointed out that the Armenian capital of Yerevan will witness many cultural and artistic events in Egypt which are being prepared for the Armenian community in Cairo during July and August, including the hosting of an Egyptian musical ensemble and a festival dedicated by Yahya Khalil. The Armenian community is prepared in coordination with the concerned ministries and agencies in both The two countries to hold an exhibition of fine art and hosting the Egyptian artist d. Reham Afifi, who was previously honored in the capital Yerevan by the Minister of the Diaspora in Armenia, as well as the screening of the movie “We are the Armenian Egyptians” during the Yerevan Film Festival in July.

He concluded by saying that there are efforts by members of the community in Egypt to host symbols of artistic life in Egypt of Armenian origin, such as the artist Nili, Lebla and Anoushka, who spent most of their lives in Egypt to honor them in order to highlight the depth of relations between the two countries.