Egypt PM appreciates UAE support

Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail voiced appreciation for the UAE's support to Cairo to face all challenges and boost development efforts.

He was speaking at a meeting with Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Ismail praised the pioneering role of the UAE leadership and people in economic and administrative development.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the World Government Summit in Dubai. Sherif conveyed to the Dubai ruler the greetings of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi who thanked him also for his participation in the Egypt economy conference in 2015 and in the inauguration of the New Suez Canal.

The premier reviewed his government's efforts to attract investment and solve all investment disputes, said cabinet spokesman Hossam al Qawish.

He told the Dubai ruler that his government will present soon to the parliament its platform which will include several reforms at the social and economic levels, said the spokesman.

Major projects that are planned during the coming period will be also reviewed in the program, he added.

The Dubai ruler reiterated support to Egypt. He renewed appreciation for Egypt and its people.

The Egyptian premier invited the Dubai ruler to visit Egypt.

Source: MENA