The First Meeting of the Bahraini-Egyptian Governmental Committee
The first meeting of the Bahraini-Egyptian Governmental Committee was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance in the New Administrative Capital, headed by the Egyptian Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohamed Maait, and the Minister of Finance and National Economy of the Kingdom of Bahrain, HE Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa for trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation.
The Meeting’s participants
The Egyptian Participants are:
- Hala Helmy El-Said. Minister of Planning and Economic Development.
- Engineer Ahmed Samir, Minister of Trade and Industry.
- Waleid Gamal El-Dein, Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone).
- Hossam Heiba, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones.
- Ahmed Al-Wakeel, the president of the General Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce.
- Ahmed Kouchouk, Egypt’s Vice Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies and Institutional Reform.
- Ihab Abu Aish, Deputy Minister of Finance for the Public Treasury.
- Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities.
- Sherine El Sharkawy, the First Deputy Minister of Finance for Economic Affairs.
- Ambassador Mohamed Elbadri, Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs.
- Mona Essam, Assistant Minister for Sustainable Development Affairs.
- Ambassador Dr. Hossam Hussein, Advisor to the Minister of Finance for Foreign Relations.
- Tarek Elsharawy, Advisor to the Minister of International Cooperation for Cabinet Affairs.
- Ibrahim Abdel Khalek, Vice Chairman for Investment and Promotion Affairs.
- Alaa Ezz, Secretary General of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce.
- Noha Khalil, Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer at the Sovereign Fund of Egypt.
- Amani Al-Wasal, Head of the Foreign Trade Agreements Sector at the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
- Sherifa Sherif, Executive Director of the. National Institute for Governance and. Sustainable Development.
- Amani Essawi, Advisor to the Authority for International Relations.
- Nisreen Lashin, the General Manager of the General Investor Services Administration.
- Do’aa Hamdy, head of foreign relations unit.
The Bahraini Participants are:
- HE Shaikh Salman Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the Minister of Finance and National Economy.
- HE Hamad bin Faisal Al Malki, Minister of Cabinet Affairs.
- Noor bint Ali Alkhulaif, the Minister of Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- HE Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro, the Minister of Industry and Commerce.
- E. Ambassador Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
- Samir Abdullah Nass, the Chairman of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- Khaled Ibrahim Humaidan, Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board.
- Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, CEO of Bahrain Celebrity Company.
- HE Shaikh Abdulla, the Chairman of Bahrain Telecommunications Company
- A number of officials.
What is the Purpose of this Meeting?
This meeting, which brings together Egypt and Bahrain, aims to launch a new phase of developing bilateral relations to deepen the development partnership between the two fraternal countries.
It is worth noting that this meeting came under the patronage and attention of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa and the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the continued follow-up by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and H.E. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt.
Enhancing the Cooperation between Egypt and Bahrain
At the end of the Bahraini-Egyptian Governmental Committee meeting, some ministries, public bodies, and companies in Egypt and Bahrain agreed to sign 15 cooperation initiatives and 13 MOUS. The two countries also agreed to combine joint efforts to deepen bilateral cooperation and increase trade exchange opportunities through:
- Strengthening mutual cooperation between business communities.
- Enhancing the movement of investment and intra-trade.
- Exchanging visits by trade delegations and participating in trade fairs and information forums.
- Establishing a new Egyptian commercial center in Bahrain.
- Completing the necessary procedures to sign the mutual recognition agreement for the approved economic operator program between the Customs Affairs of the Ministry of Interior in the Bahrain and the Egyptian Customs Authority.
- Understanding the areas of protecting competition and preventing monopolistic practices.
- Integrating industrial partnership to achieve sustainable economic development and regional and Arab integration.
- Enhancing investment cooperation and deepening aspects of cooperation in various fields.
- Offering investment opportunities in industrial fields to private sector companies in the two countries.
Egyptian and Bahraini Ministers’ Speech
Dr. Mohammed Maait, The Egyptian Minister of Finance, expressed his welcome to the Minister of Finance and National Economy of Bahrain and his accompanying delegation, stressing his aspiration for the success of the first meeting of the Bahraini-Egyptian government committee in achieving its goals in a way that enhances the process of bilateral cooperation at the commercial, economic, scientific, and technological levels to meet the development needs of the two countries’ people.
On the other hand, the Bahraini Minister of Finance and National Economy stressed the depth of the established fraternal relations that bring together Bahrain and Egypt, which are based on solid foundations of cooperation and joint work in various fields, pointing out the Kingdom’s keenness to push bilateral relations towards broader horizons in order to achieve the interests of the Kingdom and common goals.
It is clear that this meeting between Egypt and Bahrain is considered a new stage for developing bilateral relations in a way that helps deepen the development partnership between the two countries. To learn more about this meeting, click here .
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