October 31, 2009
Prime Minister, Maliki, to meet Mubarak in Cairo next month
A government delegation of 20 Ministry reaches Egypt tomorrow to participate in the meetings of the Joint Commission
Cairo - Isra Khalifa
I learned the "morning" from private sources that the high-level government delegation will arrive in Cairo on Sunday to participate in the meetings of the Iraqi - Egyptian begin on Monday, at a time when preparations are under way for the success of the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Egypt and held meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, and officials there.
The sources said: "The delegation headed by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari of 60 figures representing agents and general managers from 20 ministries, in addition to the Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid, adding that the joint committee meetings last three days, having opened by Foreign Minister and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Abul Gheit.
And begin the first session of Committee meetings attended by all members of the Iraqi delegation and their counterparts from the Egyptians to know what projects they have reached agreements after the first meeting of the Committee which was formed last March, while meeting at the second meeting of each deputy minister, with his Egyptian counterpart to discuss various matters specific to each ministry of ministries involved in the Committee to be beyond reach full agreement on the draft conventions and protocols to be signed by the Ministers of externally at the end of meetings to hold a press conference after the announcement for the main details of these protocols and conventions.
The Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Ambassador Abdel Rahman Salah El-Din has said that Zebari, Abul-Gheit will discuss developments concerning the situation in Iraq and steps to support and maintain the stability and unity, as well as regional and international issues, adding that he "will be during the meeting of the signing of several agreements and memoranda of understanding reached during the Committee's work at the level of deputy ministers and through reciprocal visits of Ministers of the two countries.
As part of the connected, said Dr. Ibrahim Ashmawi Assistant Minister of Investment for training and supervising the preparation center and business management, that the meeting of the Iraqi - Egyptian to be held on Monday between the two Foreign Ministers will discuss the increase of investments between the two countries.
Ashmawi said in a press statement: "The visit of the Egyptian delegation to Iraq last week yielded to provide 600 training opportunities for Iraqi officials in the areas of real estate development, construction, construction, tourism and industry.
Middle of this picture, Cairo is preparing to receive Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki middle of next month on an official visit aimed at strengthening relations between Iraq - Egypt.
Sources said Maliki will meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and a number of other officials, stressing that the prime minister will urge Egypt to "re-opening its embassy in Baghdad and to promote Egyptian investment in the country, especially that Egypt has delayed sending an ambassador Kamal El-Din Sharif," set out in the same time that trade and economic and security cooperation within the agendas will be visiting the Prime Minister.
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