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GAFI Chairman Visits UAE to Enhance Investment Cooperation


Thu 08 Apr 2021 | 11:29 PM
Taarek Refaat

Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Chairman of the General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI) began a visit to the UAE to discuss ways to enhance economic and investment cooperation.

Abdel Wahab met with heads of major Emirati companies, after concluding a visit to Bahrain, to discuss pumping more investments into the Egyptian market during the coming period.

He met the Secretary-General of the UAE International Investors Council, Jamal Saif Al Jarwan, and the CEO of Yas Holding Company, Morshed Al-Rudaini, as the company is interested in investing in the agricultural sector, especially dates and other food and pharmaceutical industries.

He also held talks with senior officials in Al Burouj, Rotana and Dubai consulting firms, as well as representatives of the UAE Ministry of Economy, the Industry Development Office and the UAE Trade Center, in the presence of Egypt's ambassador to the UAE, Sherif el Bedewey.

GAFI chairman also met with officials from the Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society, the Old Bridge, and the Abu Dhabi Capital Group to discuss their investment plans for Egypt during the coming period.