President Aleksandar Vucic and President of Egypt Abdel Fatah al-Sisi signed today the Joint Declaration on the establishment of a strategic partnership between the Republic of Serbia and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
President Aleksandar Vucic and President of Egypt Abdel Fatah al-Sisi signed today the Joint Declaration on the establishment of a strategic partnership between the Republic of Serbia and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
In the presence of the two presidents, 12 more cooperation agreements were signed, including the Cooperation Program between the Government of Serbia and the Government of Egypt, which was signed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Branko Ruzic and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Samih Shukri.
Ruzic and Shukri also signed the Executive Programme in the field of education between the two governments.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Branislav Nedimovic and Minister Shukri signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of the two countries on cooperation in the field of agriculture.
The programme of cooperation in the field of culture and art between the Egyptian and Serbian governments was signed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Information Maja Gojkovic and Minister Shukri, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding between the Film Centre of Serbia and the Egyptian Film Centre of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia and the Ministry of Environment of Egypt on cooperation in the field of environment was signed by Minister Shukri and Minister of Environmental Protection Irena Vujovic.
The memorandum of understanding on the mutual cancellation of visas for holders of diplomatic, official and special passports was signed by the heads of diplomacy of the two countries, Nikola Selakovic and Samih Shukri.
General Director of RTS Dragan Bujosevic and Minister Shukri signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Radio and Television of Serbia and the National Media Authority of Egypt, while Director of the Museum of African Art in Belgrade Marija Aleksic and Minister Shukri signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Museum in Belgrade and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo.
The Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Development Agency of Serbia and the Administration of Free Zones – GAFI on strengthening bilateral investment relations was signed by the Director of the Development Agency of Serbia Rados Gazdic and Minister Shukri, and the two initialled the Memorandum of Understanding between the RAS and the Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Egypt.
Director of the Institute for Standardization of Serbia Tatjana Bojanic and Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Nevin Gamea signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Institute for Standardisation of Serbia and the Egyptian Organisation for Standardization and Quality (EOC) - "Cooperation in the field of standardisation and information".
Vucic previously presented Al-Sisi with the Order of the Republic of Serbia on a ribbon for exceptional services in developing friendly relations between Serbia and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Before that, a tete-a-tete meeting of the presidents of the two countries was held, after which the delegations of Serbia and Egypt also met.