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Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed meets with Egypt president Sisi in Abu Dhabi
The two sides agreed to concentrate efforts along with the international community in tackling extremism across the region and eliminating sub-state interference in the internal affairs of various Arab countries
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, discussed combating terrorism and eliminating the financing of extremist groups at a meeting on Monday in Abu Dhabi.
The two sides agreed to concentrate efforts along with the international community in tackling extremism across the region and eliminating interference in the internal affairs of various Arab countries.
"The Emirati-Egyptian co-ordination has proved its hardness over the past years in facing various challenges in the region, foremost of which is the challenge of terrorism, which has become a serious global threat that cannot be tolerated,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed said to UAE state news agency Wam.
Combating this threat “calls for a serious Arab, regional and international stand to face this threat, that targets everyone without exception”, he added.
Mr El Sisi stressed Egypt's keenness to continue developing bilateral relations and co-ordination with the UAE at all levels on various regional and international issues.
The security of the Gulf states is an integral part of Egypt's national security, he said.
The visit reflects the "two countries’ keenness to consult one another on the current challenges faced by the region" which require "joining efforts to protect Arab national unity against attempts to destabilise Arab states and interfere in their domestic affairs", the Egyptian president added.
Mr El Sisi's discussions during his two-day visit to the UAE will focus on deepening relations and improving stability in the region, the Egyptian state news agency reported, quoting the president's office.
“The president will discuss with senior UAE officials the close bilateral relationship between the two countries, as well as consulting and co-operating on a number of issues including combating terrorism along with regional and international crises,” it said.
The visit comes after the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain cut diplomatic and travel ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism and extremism and trying to destabilise the region. The boycott has resulted in the worst diplomatic spat in GCC history.
The UAE and Egypt are also working to promote political stability in Libya, where the lack of a central authority has allowed extremist militant groups such as ISIL to gain a foothold in recent years.
Wael Al Sayed Mohammed Jad, Egyptian Ambassador to the UAE, said strategic relations between the UAE and Egypt are based on historic foundations.
Mr El Sisi's visit will also look to strengthen economic and commercial relations between the two countries, he told Wam.
According to the ambassador, the UAE is the leading foreign investor in Egypt, with the value of Emirati investments reaching US$6.2 billion (Dh22.8bn), while the value of the commercial exchange between both countries in the previous year reached $3.3bn, with $2.4bn accounting for Egyptian exports and $900 million for Emirati exports to Egypt.
There are further opportunities to develop these ties, he added.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/me...th-egypt-president-sisi-in-abu-dhabi-1.661446
The International Finance Corporation to Invest $150 Million in Agriculture in Egypt
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to pump $US 150 million in direct investments in Egypt’s agriculture sector in partnership with the country’s private sector, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr said in a statement on Saturday.
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with the World Bank Chief Jim Yong Kim in New York on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings agreed on a deal to enhance cooperation between Egypt and the World Bank.
Nasr expressed her aspirations for further cooperation with the World Bank group and hopes to sign new investment agreements during the upcoming annual meetings of the Bank in Washington in October.
Earlier in July, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture Spokesman Hamed Abdel-Dayem told Reuters that the government aims to increase cotton production to hit 1.4 million qintars (160 kg) in the fiscal year 2017/2018, compared to 700,000 qintars a year ago.
On July 11, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi also held a meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail as well as the ministers of agriculture and trade and the public enterprise sector in order to discuss ways of boosting the famed industry.
Agriculture remains a significant contributor to Egypt’s economy contributing up to 14.5 percent of GDP and 28 percent of all jobs. Agriculture employs almost 45 percent of all women in the workforce.
The agriculture sector in Egypt is dominated by small farms which use traditional practices that do not comply with internationally recognized standards. For example, farmers tend to overuse and misuse agricultural chemicals and use outdated technologies and tools for land preparation, irrigation, and harvesting.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/09...o-invest-150-million-in-agriculture-in-egypt/
Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival shines with plural cultures: GFF director
by Mahmoud Fouly
HURGHADA, Egypt, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) aspires to be a destination of Arab and international movie stars and filmmakers, GFF Director Intishal al-Tamimi said in an interview with Xinhua.
Scheduled for Sept. 22-29 at the Red Sea resort town of El-Gouna under the slogan of "Cinema for Humanity," the GFF screens some 69 films from around 40 countries, including 16 feature films, 18 short films and 12 long documentaries, in addition to 19 films outside the official competition and four in a special program.
"The town is brightened by the festival and the earnest, high quality work and preparation, as it aspires to make the GFF a fixed annual gathering of Arab and international movie stars and filmmakers," said the GFF chief.
Tamimi, a 63-year-old Iraqi national and a well-known figure in the regional film industry, said that the GFF is so ambitious despite the challenges of lacking sufficient facilities and being held in a newly-constructed town with only three theatres specially built for the festival.
"There is not a large screening venue for the festival activities, so we initiated the idea of installing a large screen in the open air, facing the challenges of sound quality, convenient height and suitable seats," Tamimi continued, adding, "I believe we have succeeded in overcoming these challenges well."
Most of the GFF senior and junior organizers are young men and women, which Tamimi explained it was intentionally meant to cope with the novelty and ambition of the fast-expanding town of El Gouna, adjacent to world famous Hurghada resort city of Egypt's Red Sea province.
During the opening ceremony, the GFF awarded superstar Adel Imam, top comedian in Egypt and the Arab world, with the Career Achievement Award and it plans to honor international superstar Forest Whitaker at the closing gala.
"A festival does not honor an artist but it is the artist that honors the festival," Tamimi told Xinhua, stressing that the participation of distinguished Egyptian stars like Imam and Yousra, Arab stars like Hend Sabry and Hiam Abbass, and international stars like Whitaker and Dylan McDermott shows confidence in the festival and its staff.
"It asserts that the festival is heading in the right direction," he said.
The newly-born festival has opened with Egyptian movie "Sheikh Jackson" for promising filmmaker Amr Salama. It also screens the opening film of Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival "Submergence" for veteran German director Wim Wenders and Argentinean film "Zama" for auteur Lucrecia Martel that has recently been screened in Venice, New York, Toronto and London film festivals.
"More than 70 percent of the features screened at the GFF are two months old and they are all strong, modern and good movies," said the GFF director.
The GFF holds several cinematic activities to encourage young filmmakers and screenwriters including "Tayarah" workshop for online-based short films, which has received more than 700 short film projects that have been narrowed down to five before the festival kicked off.
Although the GFF is mainly funded by private sector sponsors with its main co-founders are two Egyptian business tycoons Naguib Sawiris and his brother Samih Sawiris, the Ministry of Tourism partly helped in the finance due to the event's assistance in refreshing the country's tourism sector that has been suffering over the past few years.
Tamimi, co-founder of Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2001 and director of Arab programming at latest Abu Dhabi Festival, said that the GFF is not intended to be a competitor with Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt's major film gala that has been held since 1976.
He stressed that both are meant to enrich the cinema industry in the country.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/25/c_136637047.htm
British trade delegation arrives in Egypt to explore new investment opportunities
UK Trade Envoy to Egypt Jeffrey Donaldson arrived in Cairo on Saturday, accompanied by representatives of various British companies, aiming to explore new investment opportunties in Egypt, the British embassy in Cairo said in a statement.
The delegation is looking to make investments in the key sectors of infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare and defence.
Fourteen companies are represented by the delegation, including London International Patient Services, Rolls Royce and Bombardier, with 70 percent of those involved being new investors in Egypt.
The embassy statement quoted British Ambassador to Cairo John Casson as saying, "It’s an exciting time to be welcoming a new generation of British companies that are looking for business opportunities here."
The delegation is due to attend several meetings with Egyptian officials, including Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone Mohab Mameesh, and the ministers of investment, housing, trade, transport and petroleum.
The British delegation is also expected to visit the new administrative capital and meet with the project's chairman Ayman Ismail.
"The recent reforms that have been implemented have brought about stronger economic growth in Egypt and this has heightened the interest of British companies in doing business with Egypt," said Donaldson.
As part of its plan to improve the investment environment, Egypt has been implementing an economic reform programme to close budget deficits and streamline investment laws. Last November, the government floated the Egyptian pound to push its value closer to real market level.
This visit by the UK business delegation was announced earlier this month.
In August, UK minister for the Middle East Alastair Burt visited Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on British-Egyptian cooperation and UK support for Egypt, especially in economic and educational reform.
The UK is Egypt’s number-one foreign investor, with $43 billion of inflows and over 1,450 British businesses active. It is also a major investor in Egypt’s oil and gas sector, the statement says.
The British embassy said that British investment in Egypt has been growing recently, citing several examples. The British manufacturer SEWS opened a new factory in Egypt in August, while the British telecommunications company Vodafone has allocated EGP 2 billion to expansion in Egypt this year.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCon...ade-delegation-arrives-in-Egypt-to-explo.aspx
The two sides agreed to concentrate efforts along with the international community in tackling extremism across the region and eliminating sub-state interference in the internal affairs of various Arab countries
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, discussed combating terrorism and eliminating the financing of extremist groups at a meeting on Monday in Abu Dhabi.
The two sides agreed to concentrate efforts along with the international community in tackling extremism across the region and eliminating interference in the internal affairs of various Arab countries.
"The Emirati-Egyptian co-ordination has proved its hardness over the past years in facing various challenges in the region, foremost of which is the challenge of terrorism, which has become a serious global threat that cannot be tolerated,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed said to UAE state news agency Wam.
Combating this threat “calls for a serious Arab, regional and international stand to face this threat, that targets everyone without exception”, he added.
Mr El Sisi stressed Egypt's keenness to continue developing bilateral relations and co-ordination with the UAE at all levels on various regional and international issues.
The security of the Gulf states is an integral part of Egypt's national security, he said.
The visit reflects the "two countries’ keenness to consult one another on the current challenges faced by the region" which require "joining efforts to protect Arab national unity against attempts to destabilise Arab states and interfere in their domestic affairs", the Egyptian president added.
Mr El Sisi's discussions during his two-day visit to the UAE will focus on deepening relations and improving stability in the region, the Egyptian state news agency reported, quoting the president's office.
“The president will discuss with senior UAE officials the close bilateral relationship between the two countries, as well as consulting and co-operating on a number of issues including combating terrorism along with regional and international crises,” it said.
The visit comes after the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain cut diplomatic and travel ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism and extremism and trying to destabilise the region. The boycott has resulted in the worst diplomatic spat in GCC history.
The UAE and Egypt are also working to promote political stability in Libya, where the lack of a central authority has allowed extremist militant groups such as ISIL to gain a foothold in recent years.
Wael Al Sayed Mohammed Jad, Egyptian Ambassador to the UAE, said strategic relations between the UAE and Egypt are based on historic foundations.
Mr El Sisi's visit will also look to strengthen economic and commercial relations between the two countries, he told Wam.
According to the ambassador, the UAE is the leading foreign investor in Egypt, with the value of Emirati investments reaching US$6.2 billion (Dh22.8bn), while the value of the commercial exchange between both countries in the previous year reached $3.3bn, with $2.4bn accounting for Egyptian exports and $900 million for Emirati exports to Egypt.
There are further opportunities to develop these ties, he added.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/me...th-egypt-president-sisi-in-abu-dhabi-1.661446
The International Finance Corporation to Invest $150 Million in Agriculture in Egypt
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to pump $US 150 million in direct investments in Egypt’s agriculture sector in partnership with the country’s private sector, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr said in a statement on Saturday.
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with the World Bank Chief Jim Yong Kim in New York on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings agreed on a deal to enhance cooperation between Egypt and the World Bank.
Nasr expressed her aspirations for further cooperation with the World Bank group and hopes to sign new investment agreements during the upcoming annual meetings of the Bank in Washington in October.
Earlier in July, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture Spokesman Hamed Abdel-Dayem told Reuters that the government aims to increase cotton production to hit 1.4 million qintars (160 kg) in the fiscal year 2017/2018, compared to 700,000 qintars a year ago.
On July 11, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi also held a meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail as well as the ministers of agriculture and trade and the public enterprise sector in order to discuss ways of boosting the famed industry.
Agriculture remains a significant contributor to Egypt’s economy contributing up to 14.5 percent of GDP and 28 percent of all jobs. Agriculture employs almost 45 percent of all women in the workforce.
The agriculture sector in Egypt is dominated by small farms which use traditional practices that do not comply with internationally recognized standards. For example, farmers tend to overuse and misuse agricultural chemicals and use outdated technologies and tools for land preparation, irrigation, and harvesting.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/09...o-invest-150-million-in-agriculture-in-egypt/
Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival shines with plural cultures: GFF director
by Mahmoud Fouly
HURGHADA, Egypt, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) aspires to be a destination of Arab and international movie stars and filmmakers, GFF Director Intishal al-Tamimi said in an interview with Xinhua.
Scheduled for Sept. 22-29 at the Red Sea resort town of El-Gouna under the slogan of "Cinema for Humanity," the GFF screens some 69 films from around 40 countries, including 16 feature films, 18 short films and 12 long documentaries, in addition to 19 films outside the official competition and four in a special program.
"The town is brightened by the festival and the earnest, high quality work and preparation, as it aspires to make the GFF a fixed annual gathering of Arab and international movie stars and filmmakers," said the GFF chief.
Tamimi, a 63-year-old Iraqi national and a well-known figure in the regional film industry, said that the GFF is so ambitious despite the challenges of lacking sufficient facilities and being held in a newly-constructed town with only three theatres specially built for the festival.
"There is not a large screening venue for the festival activities, so we initiated the idea of installing a large screen in the open air, facing the challenges of sound quality, convenient height and suitable seats," Tamimi continued, adding, "I believe we have succeeded in overcoming these challenges well."
Most of the GFF senior and junior organizers are young men and women, which Tamimi explained it was intentionally meant to cope with the novelty and ambition of the fast-expanding town of El Gouna, adjacent to world famous Hurghada resort city of Egypt's Red Sea province.
During the opening ceremony, the GFF awarded superstar Adel Imam, top comedian in Egypt and the Arab world, with the Career Achievement Award and it plans to honor international superstar Forest Whitaker at the closing gala.
"A festival does not honor an artist but it is the artist that honors the festival," Tamimi told Xinhua, stressing that the participation of distinguished Egyptian stars like Imam and Yousra, Arab stars like Hend Sabry and Hiam Abbass, and international stars like Whitaker and Dylan McDermott shows confidence in the festival and its staff.
"It asserts that the festival is heading in the right direction," he said.
The newly-born festival has opened with Egyptian movie "Sheikh Jackson" for promising filmmaker Amr Salama. It also screens the opening film of Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival "Submergence" for veteran German director Wim Wenders and Argentinean film "Zama" for auteur Lucrecia Martel that has recently been screened in Venice, New York, Toronto and London film festivals.
"More than 70 percent of the features screened at the GFF are two months old and they are all strong, modern and good movies," said the GFF director.
The GFF holds several cinematic activities to encourage young filmmakers and screenwriters including "Tayarah" workshop for online-based short films, which has received more than 700 short film projects that have been narrowed down to five before the festival kicked off.
Although the GFF is mainly funded by private sector sponsors with its main co-founders are two Egyptian business tycoons Naguib Sawiris and his brother Samih Sawiris, the Ministry of Tourism partly helped in the finance due to the event's assistance in refreshing the country's tourism sector that has been suffering over the past few years.
Tamimi, co-founder of Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2001 and director of Arab programming at latest Abu Dhabi Festival, said that the GFF is not intended to be a competitor with Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt's major film gala that has been held since 1976.
He stressed that both are meant to enrich the cinema industry in the country.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/25/c_136637047.htm
British trade delegation arrives in Egypt to explore new investment opportunities
UK Trade Envoy to Egypt Jeffrey Donaldson arrived in Cairo on Saturday, accompanied by representatives of various British companies, aiming to explore new investment opportunties in Egypt, the British embassy in Cairo said in a statement.
The delegation is looking to make investments in the key sectors of infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare and defence.
Fourteen companies are represented by the delegation, including London International Patient Services, Rolls Royce and Bombardier, with 70 percent of those involved being new investors in Egypt.
The embassy statement quoted British Ambassador to Cairo John Casson as saying, "It’s an exciting time to be welcoming a new generation of British companies that are looking for business opportunities here."
The delegation is due to attend several meetings with Egyptian officials, including Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone Mohab Mameesh, and the ministers of investment, housing, trade, transport and petroleum.
The British delegation is also expected to visit the new administrative capital and meet with the project's chairman Ayman Ismail.
"The recent reforms that have been implemented have brought about stronger economic growth in Egypt and this has heightened the interest of British companies in doing business with Egypt," said Donaldson.
As part of its plan to improve the investment environment, Egypt has been implementing an economic reform programme to close budget deficits and streamline investment laws. Last November, the government floated the Egyptian pound to push its value closer to real market level.
This visit by the UK business delegation was announced earlier this month.
In August, UK minister for the Middle East Alastair Burt visited Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on British-Egyptian cooperation and UK support for Egypt, especially in economic and educational reform.
The UK is Egypt’s number-one foreign investor, with $43 billion of inflows and over 1,450 British businesses active. It is also a major investor in Egypt’s oil and gas sector, the statement says.
The British embassy said that British investment in Egypt has been growing recently, citing several examples. The British manufacturer SEWS opened a new factory in Egypt in August, while the British telecommunications company Vodafone has allocated EGP 2 billion to expansion in Egypt this year.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCon...ade-delegation-arrives-in-Egypt-to-explo.aspx