From 5 till 7 August Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Oleksiy Pavlenko held a working visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt to participate in the solemn ceremony of opening of a new Suez Canal.
On the 5-th of August O.Pavlenko held meetings with some Ministers of the Government of Egypt.
During the meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt Mr. Salahaddin Hilyal the two parties stressed the importance of opening of a new Suez Canal for the development of the agricultural sector of both countries, discussed the prospects of cooperation and joint investment projects between Ukraine and Egypt in agricultural sphere.
With the Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt Mrs. Nagla Al Aghvani Minister discussed several issues related to the prospects of economic cooperation between our countries and the meeting of the Ukrainian - Egyptian joint commission on economic and scientific-technical cooperation.