The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is committed to supporting the Egyptian private and public sectors as the two sides begin preparations for the new country strategy, Vice President for Banking Alain Pilloux told PM Mostafa Madbouly and International Cooperation Minister Rania Al Mashat during a meeting last week, the cabinet said in a couple of statements on Wednesday (here and here).

Egypt, Qatar talk economic cooperation: Economic ties and investment were the topics of conversation in a meeting yesterday between Trade Minister Nevine Gamea and Qatar’s ambassador to Egypt Salem Mubarak Al Shafi on Friday, Gamea’s ministry said in a statement. Al Shafi assumed his post last August after Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE ended their four-year blockage of Qatar.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to discusss regional issues and bilateral cooperation against terrorism and extremism, accorsing to an Ittihadiya statement. Separately, Rama also discussed cooperation on tourism, trade, energy, and other issues with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, according to a cabinet statement.