This came during the Minister of International Cooperation Rania A. Al-Mashat’s meeting with Oka Hiroshi, the new Ambassador of Japan to Egypt, after presenting his credentials to Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the President of Egypt a few days ago. The Ambassador’s meeting with Al-Mashat comes within the framework of the meetings held by the Minister of International Cooperation with multilateral and bilateral development partners to enhance and advance development efforts. Al-Mashat stressed the importance of the diversified development cooperation portfolio between Egypt and Japan, covering many sectors, and amounting to $2.7 billion. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi participated in the 7th session in 2019 held in Japan, where Egypt also chaired the African Union (AU) during the same year. Hiroshi also discussed the most prominent contributions made by Japan post-pandemic, including those bilaterally between the two governments, and through the cooperation between Egypt, Japan and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) amounting to $3.5 million to expand the scope of COVID-19 vaccination in Egypt.

Source: Libya Today April 04, 2022 14:15 UTC