Kenyan President visits Arab Organization for Industrialization to discuss increasing cooperation mechanisms

Egypt Today

30-01-2025

Arab Organization for Industrialization headquarters - file
CAIRO - 30 January 2025: Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization Major General Engineer "Mukhtar Abdel Latif", received Thursday President of the sisterly Republic of Kenya, Dr. "William Ruto", and a high-level Kenyan delegation, accompanied by Minister of Housing, Utilities and New Urban Communities Engineer Sherif Magdy El-Sherbiny.
This visit comes within the framework of the successful steps taken by the Arab Organization for Industrialization, to enhance aspects of partnership and cooperation and increase the volume of inter-trade with sisterly African countries.
During the meeting, they discussed enhancing cooperation mechanisms and benefiting from the advanced capabilities of the Arab Organization for Industrialization to meet all the needs of development projects and defense and security industries in the sisterly Republic of Kenya, and identifying the proposed aspects of cooperation between the two sides in various fields of manufacturing.
In this regard, the Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization stressed the importance of enhancing cooperation with the countries of the African continent, and implementing the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to open new horizons of cooperation and integration with African brothers in all industrial and economic fields, and opening new outlets for export in Africa.
He expressed his pride in the joint relations between the two countries, and the importance of continuing coordination and joint work and strengthening cooperation ties by opening new areas for all defense and security industries, noting the interest of the Arab Organization for Industrialization in participating in implementing all development projects in the sisterly Republic of Kenya, one of the Nile Basin countries.
During his inspection of the Arab Organization for Industrialization products exhibition, the President of the sisterly Republic of Kenya expressed his admiration for the advanced manufacturing technologies in the organization's products, including: armored vehicles, personnel carriers, firefighting vehicles, money transfer vehicles, ATM machines, mobile technology centers and other modern products.
He stressed his country's keenness to strengthen partnership and cooperation relations with the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt in all industrial and development fields, indicating his pride in this visit to the Arab Organization for Industrialization, the industrial backer of the Egyptian state, noting the importance of coordinating efforts with the organization to achieve integration and localize the latest manufacturing technologies in all topics of common interest.
He also expressed the Republic of Kenya's great appreciation for Egypt and its pioneering role in the African continent, and its efforts to meet the aspirations of its people for development and prosperity, especially in light of its effective contribution to advancing joint African action efforts, especially with regard to enhancing trade and investments between African countries.