Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took part in a business lunch organized by the Munich Security Conference in the presence of Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier and Wolfgang Eichinger, the president of the conference. Presidential spokesperson Bassam Rady said that some heads of major German and international companies attended the business lunch, including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank AG bank, the heads of Allianz insurance company, Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, Airbus, Siemens, and the Federation of German Industries. Other representatives for international companies working in the fields of telecommunications and electronics, media, financial services, asset management, investment funds, pharmaceuticals, and military industries, as well as representatives of international strategic research centers, also attended the meeting. Rady said that some heads of international companies praised the climate of stability witnessed by Egypt, both on the security and economic levels, which provides promising investment opportunities in many areas and encourages the expansion of investment in Egypt. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

Source: Egypt Independent February 15, 2019 15:00 UTC