Egypt, Germany seek to boost bilateral cooperation

Minister of Planning and Economic Development Rania el-Mashaat met Tuesday with Niels Annen, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, to discuss means of boosting bilateral cooperation. 

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 12th World Urban Forum (WUF12), which kicked off here on November 4. 

The Forum is an opportunity to enhance joint efforts among countries regarding urban development, Mashaat said as she welcomed the German delegation to the event, which lasts until November 8. 

She posted her German counterpart on a sustainability and finance framework adopted by her Ministry as part of the 2024-2027 government program with the aim to achieving qualitative, sustainable and comprehensive economic growth. 

The meeting also took up effective cooperation between Cairo and Berlin in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency. 

The two sides also discussed a new tranche of a debt exchange program.