Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg affirmed on Sunday that Egypt is a key partner of the European Union (EU).
In a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister (FM) Sameh Shoukry, Schallenberg underlined the importance of solving the aggravating global food problem resulting from the Russian-Ukrainian war, praising the Arab country's great role to end the Ukrainian crisis.
Moreover, Austrian FM added that his talks with Shoukry tackled various regional and international issues of common interest, foremost of which, counter-terrorism, illegal immigration, the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the global food crisis.
It is worth mentioning that, Shoukry received his Austrian counterpart, earlier today, Sunday at the foreign ministry ministry headquarters in Cairo.
During the meeting, they discussed means of promoting bilateral cooperation between Egypt and Austria, especially in political, economic, and investment fields, according to foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez.
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Egyptian-Austrian Relations
The Egyptian-Austrian relations are historically distinguished, due to Austria's traditional role as a neutral country during the Cold War, as well as the special relationship between former Austrian Chancellor Kreisky and the late President Anwar Sadat and his contribution to launching the peace process.
The economic and trade relations between Egypt and Austria are governed by several agreements covering all fields, foremost of which:
-The Egyptian-European Partnership Agreement
-The Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Evasion of Taxes Imposed on Income and Capital gains
-The Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
-The Agricultural Cooperation Protocol
-The Agreement between the Austrian Economic Chamber and Egyptian Businessmen's Association regarding the establishment of a joint Egyptian-Austrian businessmen council
- An agreement between the governments of Egypt and Austria regarding economic, technical, industrial, and technological cooperation
Based on the agreement on economic, industrial, technical, and technological cooperation that was signed in Cairo on 12/9/1996, the Joint Committee for Economic and Technical Cooperation was established.
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