“In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful”

Your Excellency Mr. Nikol Pashinyan,

Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In the beginning, I would like to express my happiness to receive His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and his accompanying delegation on this visit that confirms the two sides’ interest and determination to strengthen and develop their joint cooperation to achieve the interests of their peoples and build on the longstanding historical relations that bind the two countries. These date back to Egypt’s historical hosting of tens of thousands of Armenians, who lived in Egypt and contributed to enriching Egyptian society in many fields; political, economic, cultural, and artistic.

In this regard, I am pleased to note that the discussions we held today have confirmed that the two countries look forward to increasing trade and investment to be commensurate with the distinguished level of their political relations by exploring new prospects for cooperation, especially in the fields of Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, as well as the food and pharmaceutical industries.

We also confirmed during today's discussions our readiness to transfer Egyptian experience in the fields of infrastructure, construction, transportation, and energy production to Armenia and tackled ways to benefit from the experience Armenian companies have in Artificial Intelligence.

The talks also highlighted the importance of revitalizing the role of the existing institutional mechanisms between the two countries, mainly the Joint Committee for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation and the Businessmen's Forum, in strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the coming period. I would also like, in this context, to express our pride in the level of ongoing cooperation and coordination between the two sides at the various international fora.

Ladies and gentlemen,
I reviewed with His Excellency the Prime Minister of Armenia Egypt’s efforts to achieve an immediate ceasefire in the occupied Gaza Strip and achieve calm in the West Bank for the Palestinian issue to be resolved through the establishment of an independent Palestinian State along the June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with relevant international legitimacy resolutions, and therefore bringing peace and coexistence to the region instead of wars, destruction and devastation.
I confirmed Egypt's support for all initiatives aimed at achieving peace and stability in the South Caucasus region and stressed our full support for dialogue and negotiation as tools for resolving conflicts, so as to achieve just and comprehensive peace and usher in a new phase of growth and development to serve the interests of the region’s peoples.

Once again I would like to welcome His Excellency the Prime Minister of Armenia to Egypt. I hope that this visit will be a major step towards strengthening and developing joint cooperation in all fields between our two friendly countries, in a way that enriches the historical relations and ties that unite the peoples of the two countries.

Thank you