The two-day “Kuwait in Egypt” event is witnessing the participation
of over 60 major Egyptian and Kuwaiti companies.
Cairo- Dec 20, 2022
Minister of Trade and Industry
Ahmed Samir has inaugurated, on behalf of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the
13th Kuwait Week, organized by the Kuwaiti embassy in Cairo and
Jabriya Exhibition Group.
The two-day event, held under the
theme “Kuwait in Egypt”, is witnessing the participation of more than 60 major Egyptian
and Kuwaiti companies. The opening ceremony was also attended by ministers of
supply, finance, civil aviation, immigration and public business sector.
“Egypt and Kuwait enjoy longstanding
strategic relations, based on mutual understanding and consensus of vision between the two nations on various regional and international issues,”
Samir said.
The expo,
he added, is a principal economic bridge that helps boost bilateral cooperation,
stressing keenness of both governments on tapping the full potential of their
respective markets to serve the interests of both Egyptian and Kuwaiti peoples.
Egypt-Kuwait
trade hit around $306 million in 2022, up 21.4% from a year earlier, and
amounted to $401 million in the first 11 months of 2022, the minister further
pointed out.