Luanda - Egypt is willing to pass on its experience to Angola in crop irrigation, agricultural development and the creation of infrastructure, its ambassador to Angola Neveen El-Husseiny said Friday in Luanda.

Speaking at the end of a meeting with the National Assembly Speaker, Carolina Cerqueira, the Egyptian diplomat said Egypt has accumulated a lot of experience in crop irrigation, agricultural development and infrastructure, which it can pass on to Angola.

The diplomat added that Egypt works with companies in these areas that can help Angola in the development of irrigation, energy and water, and infrastructure.

Neveen El-Husseiny has been in Angola for three months, said will do everything to improve relations between the two countries.

"There has been a lot of progress in relations between the two countries, but I'm going to work to strengthen these relations even more, in areas such as agriculture and crop irrigation, since water is a fundamental factor and, in this area, Egypt has a lot of experience that it can bring to Angola," the diplomat said.

The Egyptian ambassador added that the current international affairs was also discussed with the Speaker, having praised President João Lourenço for his efforts to help overcome Africa's challenges in terms of peace, security and development.

Bilateral cooperation

Angola and Egypt formalized the signing of the General Agreement for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Luanda on March 26, 1987.

The two countries are also interested in increasing cooperation in economy, trade and industry, education, higher education and technical-vocational training, energy and water, banking and finance, agriculture and fisheries.

Angola and Egypt are also engaged in the preparation of the first session of the Bilateral Commission, which should evaluate cooperation and establish the process for implementing legal instruments in force.

The meeting of the Bilateral Commission will make it possible to identify new areas for cooperation, taking into account the potential of Angola and Egypt.

Egyptian companies were the first to provide "important support" to the Angolan government's program to combat Covid-19, having supplied various pieces of biosafety equipment, hospital consumables and a value of 200 million kwanzas. DC/MCN/DAN/AMP