Cairo –  Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Rania El-Mashat, and Muhammad Manar, Minister of Civil Aviation, held a meeting in the presence of Montaser Manna, Deputy Minister of Aviation, and Amani Metwally, Head of the Civil Aviation Support and Development Fund, to discuss cooperation with multilateral and bilateral development partners to support financing projects in the civil aviation sector, and establish an investment zone in the vicinity of Cairo International Airport.

This comes within the framework of the Ministry of Civil Aviation's plan to develop the civil aviation system which was approved by the Egyptian state to upgrade this important facility and discuss aspects of joint cooperation with international partners through the Ministry of International Cooperation, according to a statement on Tuesday.

The minister affirmed that the aviation sector is one of the important sectors to support and develop the national economy, referring to the ministry’s mandate to coordinate between the Ministry of Aviation and all development partners to provide the required financing for development projects within the framework of the National Development Agenda 2030.

El-Mashat added that the role of the ministry of international cooperation is to strengthen economic diplomacy through three pillars: regularly organising multistakeholder platforms to coordinate with all development partners, the Global Partnerships Narrative: People, Projects and Purpose to highlight the impact of international cooperation on Egypt’s development, and ODA SDG mapping to align all projects with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

For his part, Mohamed Manar, Minister of Civil Aviation, praised the role played by the ministry in coordinating with the Ministry of Aviation to facilitate its communication with development partners regarding development projects in the sector, adding that the Ministry of Aviation is keen to contribute to increasing investment in the country.

It is noteworthy that the funding portfolio provided by the Ministry of International Cooperation, from development partners, for projects in the civil aviation sector amounts to about $225.7 million.

Source: Mubasher

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