Agriculture Minister el Sayyed el Quseir held a meeting Saturday 26/03/2022 with Kazakh Ambassador in Cairo Khairat Lama Sharif.

They discussed means of promoting cooperation between the two countries in the fields of agricultural products, livestock and scientific research.

According to the minister, the meeting tackled cooperation in the domains of field crops, seeds and veterinary vaccines, as well as efforts made by the state to achieve food security.

The Kazakh ambassador said his country plans to establish a free trade zone in the Sokhna Port so that Egypt can become a logistical hub to export Kazakh grains and foodstuffs to the African countries.

The free trade zone could also serve as a gate to export potatoes and other agricultural products from Egypt to Kazakhstan, he added.

At the end of the meeting, an agreement was reached to hold periodic meetings between technical working groups formed by the two sides to follow up on cooperation projects between the two countries.

Source: State Information Service Egypt