Somalia invites Egyptian companies to invest in the field of fisheries

 The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources in the Somali federal government, Ahmed Hassan Adam, met with the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Kassir, in the presence of Ambassador Elias Sheikh Omar Abu Bakr, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia and Permanent Representative to the League of Arab States.

Ambassador Elias said that the meeting dealt with ways to enhance cooperation in the field of livestock and fisheries, training and capacity building for Somali technical cadres to serve joint cooperation between Egypt and Somalia. He affirmed his country's support for the Food and Agriculture Initiative for Sustainable Transformation (Fast) launched by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture at the Climate Summit held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The ambassador added that his country is looking forward to cooperation with Egypt in the field of livestock and fisheries, especially since Somalia possesses a large fish wealth, calling on Egyptian investors and companies to invest in livestock and the agricultural and fisheries sectors, as they can be exploited and benefited from to face the catastrophic repercussions of the exacerbation of the global food crisis as a result of the war. Ukrainian Russian.

For his part, the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources in the Somali government conveyed the greetings of the President of the Republic, Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and his sincere heartfelt congratulations to Egypt for the overwhelming success achieved by the climate summit hosted by the city of Sharm El-Sheikh, stressing that Egypt has dazzled the world with its capabilities. Regulatory.

The minister indicated that he agreed with his Egyptian counterpart to enhance cooperation between Egypt and Somalia, pointing out that it was agreed to activate memorandums of cooperation concluded between the two sides to increase cooperation frameworks in the fields of agriculture, fish and animal wealth, as well as it was agreed to form joint committees to follow up on what was agreed upon in this regard. connection.

While the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture affirmed Egypt's keenness to support Somalia to achieve comprehensive development and improve and develop the livelihood of the Somali people, and to provide it with some needs to face the humanitarian crisis facing Somalia as a result of drought and food shortages. The Egyptian Minister of Agriculture added that there are directives from the political leadership to provide all aspects of support to the brothers in Somalia.