Separate meetings in Cairo with her Egyptian counterparts, the Ministers of Electricity, Petroleum and Trade, will be held on Sunday and Monday (27 and 28 March 2022), by the Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry (YEEB) Ms. Ms. Pilidou, who is going to Egypt for a two-day working visit, will also lead a business delegation from Cyprus, which will participate in a business forum to promote our country as an international service centre. The forum is co-organized by the YEEB and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the Cyprus-Egypt Business Association.
The Minister of Energy will start her programme with a private meeting on Sunday morning with the Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Dr Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi. Subsequently, the Ministers will welcome the opening of the first meeting of the Technical Committee for the electricity interconnection between Cyprus and Egypt, the establishment of which is foreseen in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two in Nicosia on 16 October 2021.
In the evening, Ms. Pileidou will attend an event with the Ambassadors of the member countries and observers of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, to whom she will present the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency of the Organization for 2022.
On Monday, the Energy Minister will meet with Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla, and will then address the Cyprus-Egypt Business Forum, presenting the competitive advantages of our country as an international business centre, as well as opportunities for cooperation in specific sectors of the economy. Moreover, she will inform the Egyptian participants about the support they can get for the establishment of their companies in Cyprus, through the "Company Facilitation Unit" that operates at the Ministry of Energy.
The official visit of the Minister of Energy to Cairo will conclude with a private meeting with the Egyptian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Nevin Gamea, after the end of the forum.
Ms. Pileidou returns to Cyprus on Monday afternoon, 28 March 2022.
(GA)
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