During their first meeting in Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his colleague, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, noted publicly that bilateral trade between Russia and Egypt has grown significantly over the past year, and Moscow and Cairo are determined to maintain this trend in the subsequent years.
“The positive dynamics of our trade and economic interaction is quite encouraging, as the volume of bilateral trade totaled over $7 billion last year, exceeding significantly the previous year’s figures. It is our common determination to do all we can for this positive trend to continue and strengthen. We attached special significance to supplies of Russian grain products to the Egyptian market and noted their stability,” Lavrov said at a press conference following negotiations with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in Moscow.
While on his official working visit in Moscow, Abdelatty met with Russian Trade and Industry Minister Anton Alikhanov, who co-chairs the intergovernmental commission on the Russian side.........