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Suez, Panama canals sign cooperation agreement to boost investments

The Suez and Panama canals’ economic zones seek to attract more investments through a cooperation agreement to exchange experiences and information.
Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, speaks during a press conference after the release of the Panama-flagged MV Ever Given container ship, in the canal's central city of Ismailia, Egypt, July 5, 2021.

CAIRO — The chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), Yehya Zaki, signed June 13 a cooperation agreement with Giovanni Bruno Ferrari, general manager of the Colon Free Zone of the Panama Canal. The signing ceremony took place at the headquarters of the SCZone’s General Authority in Cairo.

According to a press statement released by the Suez Canal Authority after the signing of the deal June 13, the agreement aims to boost cooperation between the two zones and promote the exchange of information, expertise and technology, to provide an opportunity to lure investors to the industrial, logistical and commercial zones that they manage. 

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