The new Egyptian Ambassador to Togo, Mohamed Karim Sherif, has just taken office. He still has to present his credentials to the Head of State.
With the coming to power in Cairo Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt bit thinking about the future and cooperation with African countries. The threat posed Muslim Brotherhood has faded even though the groups linked to the Islamic state and Al Qaeda continue their terrorist actions.
Relations between Lome and Cairo back to the 60s.
Egyptian Fund for Technical Assistance for Africa (fecta) organizes training courses, seminars, symposiums for farmers, judges, police officers, bankers, officials etc ...
Scholarships are also awarded to Togolese students.
Moreover Saturday, the diplomat has set up a committee and trainees Togolese stock.
Agriculturally, a Memorandum of Understanding is being developed between the research centers of both countries.
Security and the fight against terrorism, Togo and Egypt cooperate closely.
But the ambassador does not stop there. It aims to boost trade.
'The new Egypt is Egypt's democracy, development, efficiency, Egypt is working towards the future, Egypt will work with countries including Togo African brothers, "says Mohamed Karim Sherif in the following interview.
What are the relations between Cairo and Lomé?
Sherif Mohamed Karim: I have just taken my post, but I've met a number of contacts, including port officials and civil aviation. There is a plan to open a shipping line between Alexandria and Lomé and the installation of a logistics platform in the Egyptian port of Lomé in order to serve the landlocked countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Egypt has massive investment in Togo in the next 5 years to participate in the emergence of this friendly country.
Delegations of Egyptian businessmen will travel to Lome soon.
Aviation side, we study the possibility of opening a direct line between Cairo and Lomé with 2 to 3 weekly flights from the new terminal will be open to traffic.
A memorandum of understanding and approval were signed in October 2014 in the field of aircraft maintenance.
The Egyptian development agency, created in 2014, will work closely with Togo in the fields of agriculture, infrastructure, national security, etc ...
It will offer training courses to Togolese officials.
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Sherif Mohamed Karim: The new Egypt is Egypt's democracy, development, efficiency, Egypt is working towards the future, Egypt will work with African sister countries including Togo.
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