President El-Sisi hails importance to increase number of Azerbaijan-Egypt direct flights

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has said that an agreement was reached to increase the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Egypt during the negotiations as part of the visit.

The president made the statement for the press, Caliber.Az reports citing the Azerbaijani official presidential website.

“We also discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the sixth meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission and the issues that will be included in the agenda of the next meeting. We outlined Egypt’s achievements in the field of pharmaceutics, once again expressed our readiness to use the existing infrastructure to meet Azerbaijan’s needs in medicines,” the Egyptian president said.

“During the discussions, I once again noted the reforms being carried out in Egypt in the field of electricity generation, and the created infrastructure. I expressed Egypt's readiness to share the experience gained over the past nine years with the Azerbaijani side. During the meetings, we talked about the measures being taken by Egypt to remove barriers to foreign investors, create conditions for them and further simplify legal procedures. We stressed the importance of the agreements signed between our countries in the field of free trade. While emphasising the importance of direct flights between Baku and Sharm El-Sheikh, I stressed the importance of increasing the number of direct flights between the two countries, this will contribute to the development of cooperation in the field of economy and trade,” he noted.

In conclusion, the president added that Egypt has always supported and will continue supporting the development of relations between Azerbaijan and the League of Arab States.