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Egypt, Ukraine discuss cooperation in furniture industry

Egypt and Ukraine step up cooperation in the furniture industry, as both countries eye new markets in Africa and Eastern Europe.
Asmaa Megahed a 31-year-old Egyptian carpenter works at her atelier in the Abdeen district of downtown Cairo on February 26, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI        (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

CAIRO — Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Nevin Gamea met Oct. 28 with a high-level Ukrainian delegation and agreed to strengthen cooperation in the furniture industry, especially since the largest furniture city in Africa and the Middle East is located in Egypt, known as Damietta furniture city. The two sides also agreed that Egypt would turn to Ukrainian wood products in the production of Egyptian furniture, which would open the door to new markets in Africa.

Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat held Oct. 28 a similar meeting with the Ukrainian delegation to discuss bilateral cooperation, in light of what was agreed upon during a July 24 telephone conversation between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. The meeting focused on the preparations to hold the eighth session of the Egyptian-Ukrainian Joint Committee for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Cairo during the first quarter of 2021.

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