On 6 August in Ismailiya (ARE) H.E. Mr. Oleksiy Pavlenko Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, who is the chairman of the Ukrainian - Egyptian joint commission on economic and scientific-technical cooperation and H.E. Mr. Hennadii Latii, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Arab Republic of Egypt took part in the opening ceremony of the new Suez Canal.
The ceremony was attended by delegates from nearly 120 countries.