Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic met on 28 February 2007 in Cairo with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic met on 28 February 2007 in Cairo with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
In the meeting between Minister Grabar-Kitarovic and Egyptian President Mubarak, both sides agreed that the bilateral relations between the two countries are good and friendly, with no open issues. The two talked about their further development, with an emphasis on the economic, cultural and scientific co-operation, as well as co-operation on the multilateral level. The collocutors also noted the state of affairs in the Near East, namely the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other crisis points in the area, and exchanged opinions about the current relations between Croatia and the EU and the course of the negotiations process, state of affairs in South East Europe, and Egypt's co-operation with the Union within the Barcelona Process.
At the end of her official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Minister Grabar-Kitarovic once again met with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, on which occasion the two discussed strengthening the co-operation in numerous areas, especially economy. Both sides expressed interest for a sooner ratification of the Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Agreement on Air Traffic, which will directly contribute to the increase of the economic trade between the two sides.
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