Read-out of the Director-General’s meeting with the Minister for International Cooperation for the Arab Republic of Egypt, Rania Abd-El Moneim Al-Mashat

Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with H.E. Rania Abd-El Moneim Al-Mashat, Minister for International Cooperation for the Arab Republic of Egypt.

The Director-General welcomed the Minister and expressed his congratulations to the Government of Egypt for the successful organization of the UN Climate Conference (COP27) and the leadership in reaching an agreement among negotiating parties.

The Minister expressed her appreciation for the ongoing cooperation between FAO and Egypt, including through South-South cooperation.

She provided an overview of the Government priorities and initiatives to support food security and rural women, including the Presidential Decent Life (Hayat karima) initiative, and the Nexus of Water, Food, and Energy (NWFE) Initiative, led by the Ministry of International Cooperation.

The Director General and the Minister emphasized the importance of supporting countries in building resilience and facing the ongoing challenges to food security in cooperation with international financing institutions. They agreed to consolidate bilateral cooperation further, including through providing technical support to the NWFE initiative and in the implementation of the COP27 presidency initiatives related to food security and agriculture.