OPEN// France holds economic forum in Cairo under aegis of Sisi, Macron Thursday
CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - France will organize a major economic forum in Cairo on Thursday under the sponsorship of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The three-day forum comes after the French president's visit to Egypt in April, according to a statement issued by the French Embassy in Cairo on Sunday.
Macron's visit to Egypt has emphasized commitment to promoting cooperation between Cairo and Paris, with a 600-million-euro worth contract signed with the French RATP Group to operate Cairo Metro Line 3, as well as the tunnel project awarded to Vinci Afrique company, the statement added.
Organized by the Council of the French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCE), the remarkable forum will represent a milestone in advancing French-Egyptian relations, the embassy said.
It added that the forum represents a platform for networking, bringing together over 300 economic decision-makers, business leaders, regional experts, and institutions from Egypt, the Maghreb, the Levant, the Gulf, and France.
The event is set to address ongoing transformations, build sustainable bridges between economic systems, and jointly identify future growth drivers.
The forum will include several panel discussions and public sessions on transformations in the fields of energy, environment, and digitization, as well as workshops dedicated to agricultural technology, artificial intelligence, tourism, health, defense, and land transport.
Also, business-to-business (B2B) meetings will be organized in cooperation with Business France during the forum.
The forum will include discussions with Egyptian ministers and officials, alongside senior French officials.
The forum will designate a session titled "Invest in Egypt" to shed light on investment opportunities in Egypt, as well as recent reforms aimed at attracting foreign investors and investments in high-potential sectors.
The forum will be attended by a galaxy of French officials and experts, including Christel Heydemann, the CEO of Orange, Maud Bailly, the CEO of Sofitel, Thierry Blandinières, the CEO of InVivo, Alexandre Ziegler, the Executive Vice President of Safran Group, and Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, the former diplomatic advisor to former French president Jacques Chirac, the statement read. (MENA)
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