CAIRO: Egypt and Oman have underlined the necessity to intensify diplomatic efforts to resolve regional crises within the pursuits of Arab nations and their peoples.
The decision got here throughout talks between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al-Stated of Oman in Cairo.
The pair exchanged the very best decorations of their respective nations in celebration of Sultan Haitham’s go to to Egypt.
Egypt’s Commerce and Trade Minister Ahmed Samir confirmed that the quantity of commerce alternate between Egypt and Oman grew by 66 p.c final yr to $1.08 billion from $651 million in 2021.
Samir stated that Egyptian investments in Oman amounted to $860 million, invested in 142 public initiatives within the fields of tourism, funding, and infrastructure.
His remarks got here in his speech to the Egyptian-Omani Enterprise Discussion board.
Sultan Haitham was on a two-day go to to Egypt on the invitation of the Egyptian president.
The go to is the primary he has made to Egypt since he assumed energy in January 2020.
Ahmed Fahmy, spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, stated the 2 leaders expressed satisfaction with the continual enhance in commerce, and burdened their curiosity in enhancing efforts to advertise commerce amongst related authorities of their nations.
In addition they mentioned technique of exchanging experience and experiences to attain institutional improvement and to modernize their respective administrative authorities.
Throughout his talks with the Omani chief, El-Sisi expressed his finest needs for the nation’s success in finishing the excellent improvement technique of Oman Imaginative and prescient 2040.
El-Sisi praised the historic pleasant relations between Egypt and Oman, fashioned via a long time of solidarity, consolidation, and unity within the face of crises and challenges.
The Egyptian president affirmed his nation’s keenness to advertise these distinguished relations in a manner that serves the pursuits of the 2 brotherly peoples and the complete Arab nation.
The sultan lauded the particular Egyptian-Omani relations and the bonds of friendship and brotherhood that bind the 2 peoples via historical past.
He additionally burdened Oman’s keenness to strengthen current cooperation frameworks between the 2 nations and open new horizons for bilateral cooperation in all fields.