Cairo: Investment and Foreign Trade Minister Hassan El Khatib emphasized the importance of the government's efforts to provide more facilitations for investors through a set of reforms in fiscal, monetary, and trade policies. During his meeting with Mahmoud Al-Hameli, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Aviation Group, the minister explored potential areas of cooperation across various sectors, including aviation, cargo, maintenance, training, and air transport services to meet the needs of the local market and expand into African markets.
According to State Information Service Egypt, Khatib reviewed the government's plan to develop airports, particularly as a specialized company is conducting a study to upgrade Egyptian airports. He also highlighted the investment opportunities available through the sovereign fund, especially in the real estate sector.
The minister said that the Egyptian market offers several attractive investment advantages, including a skilled and competitively priced workforce, a large consumer market, a strategic geographic location, and Egypt's participation in numerous free trade and preferential agreements, which provide broad access for Egyptian products to regional and global markets.