Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty said that Egypt cherishes its relationship with El Salvador, promising to work to strengthen bilateral cooperation and broaden its scope to extend to numerous spheres, and to hold a new round of joint political consultations in Cairo during the course of the current year to explore ways to foster cooperation.

This came during a meeting he had with Alexandra Hill Tinoco, the .

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of El Salvador, on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Abdelatty stressed the importance of promoting economic, trade and investment relations between the two countries, particularly in the domains of agriculture, textiles, livestock, pharmaceuticals and tourism.

He shed light Egyptian efforts to attract foreign direct investments and encouraged investors in El Salvador to capitalize on the promising investment opportunities which the E
gyptian market offers.

At their meeting, the two ministers agreed to intensify consultation and coordination on issues of mutual interest at the international level.

Source: State Information Service Egypt