Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sweilem discussed during a meeting on Wednesday 6/3/2024 with Italian ambassador to Egypt Michele Quaroni and his accompanying delegation bilateral cooperation in the water treatment, water distribution and renewable energy domains.
Fabrizio Ferrari, head of major Italian companies working in the field of water treatment, attended the meeting.
The minister of irrigation referred to a study being implemented in cooperation between the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation and the World Bank on upgrading water irrigation systems.
The study included new solutions to reduce water salinity of agricultural drainage water to be used for agricultural purposes.
Sweilem also pointed out that the study represents a model that can be built upon in the future to develop areas in different places in the valley and delta.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
Cairo, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, continued his meetings with a number of his counterparts participating in the meeting of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level in Cairo.
Minister Mikdad discussed with Sameh Shukri, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Abdullah Bou Habib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in Lebanon, and Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Minister of State in the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Nabil Ammar, Tunisia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, bilateral relations and ways to enhance them, and developments in the situation on the regional and international arenas.
The discussions took place in a positive atmosphere, and points of view were agreed upon regarding the various issues discussed, especially the emphasis on a unified position to support the struggle of the Palestinian people in the face of the war of extermination waged by ‘Israel’ in Gaza and the West Bank, and the right of the Palestinians to establish their in
dependent state on their land with its capital. Jerusalem, and to return to their land and homes.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency