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Egypt’s El Sisi kicks off Euro tour with an inaugural trip to Denmark: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inaugurated the Egyptian-Danish Economic Conference on Friday alongside Danish King Frederick X, in what marked the first visit of an Egyptian president to Denmark, according to a statement. El Sisi and Frederick X signed a joint declaration promoting the level of Egyptian-Danish relations to a strategic partnership, which El Sisi said will focus on “economic, trade, and investment aspects as well as forging closer cooperation between the two sides’ private sectors.”
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What are the areas of interest between these two nations? In a speech following the signing, El Sisi namechecked cooperation in maritime transport, energy and the green transition, health, scientific research, investment, agriculture, tourism, ICT, and efforts to combat illegal migration and terrorism as being part of the agreement.
The two leaders launched the Egypt-Denmark Business Council, which will serve as a “gateway for Danish economic and commercial bodies to explore investment opportunities in Egypt,” namely in the infrastructure, ICT, renewable energy, and transformative industries sectors. The council “aligns with Egypt’s ambition to become a regional hub for supply chains and the transport and trade of renewable and green energy,” El Sisi said.
El Sisi also met with a number of key Danish business leaders: The president met with Philip Christiani, partner in one of the largest renewables investment firms Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, who expressed his company’s interest in exploring investments in Egypt’s sustainable energy sector. El Sisi also met with shipping company AP Moller-Maersk Chairman Robert Maersk Uggla, who highlighted the company’s “keenness to enhance its cooperation and consider increasing the scope of its business in Egypt.”
El Sisi’s visit to Denmark is his first stop in his European tour, which will also see him land in Norway — where he will meet the king, prime minister, and members of the nation’s parliament — and Ireland — where he is scheduled to hold meetings with the president and prime minister.
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