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· Egypt and France inked three financing agreements in December 2020 worth €715.6 million, according to Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat
· The French delegation visited a number of Egyptian ministries to discuss the next steps to finalize potential agreements and to chart out new and different routes to future cooperation
· The projects under the consideration of both countries are setting up of French university hospitals to provide technical evaluation and technical studies for the Ministry of Health, and technical cooperation with the French Blood Foundation EFS to develop plasma donation centers
Egypt and France inked three financing agreements in December 2020 worth €715.6 million, according to Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat.
During a meeting A-Mashat’s had with a delegation from the French Treasury to review the current projects and harness new opportunities in Egypt-France’s cooperation, the two sides agreed to focus on evolving schemes for financing projects under green recovery, transportation, housing, sanitation, and health.
The French delegation consisted of Ambassador of France to Egypt Stéphane Romatet; Gabriel Cumenge, Deputy Assistant Secretary Ministry of Finance of France; Sébastien Raspiller, Head of Financial Sector Department of the French Treasury; Michel Oldenburg, Head of the French Economic Mission in Cairo; and Fabio Grazi, Director of the French Development Agency in Cairo.
Incidentally, the French delegation visited a number of Egyptian ministries to discuss tnext steps to finalize potential agreements and to chart out new and different routes to future cooperation. The projects under the consideration of both countries include setting up of French university hospitals to provide technical evaluation and technical studies for the Ministry of Health and technical cooperation with the French Blood Foundation EFS to develop plasma donation centers.
