Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr left the South Korean capital of Seoul late Tuesday, ending a week-long Asian tour during which he visited China and Japan.
In statements made at Seoul’s airport before his departure, Amr stressed that his tour had managed to reassure Asian countries of the situation in Egypt, especially in relation to the future of foreign investments, tourism and commercial exchanges.
The Foreign Ministry in a statement on Wednesday quoted Amr as saying that his visit to China had focused on collaboration for the establishment of a private economic zone northwest of the Suez Bay, and that a Chinese delegation had been sent to Egypt for that purpose.
Amr said he had discussed in Tokyo ways to boost Japanese investments in Egypt and lifting the ban Japan had previously imposed on traveling to Egypt.
He also said he met with the board of trustees for the Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology, and discussed hurdles facing its operations.
Amr added that meetings in South Korea reflected a great interest in economic collaboration with Egypt. He said he and his South Korean counterpart signed an agreement to form a joint committee to work on enhancing political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
He invited Korean officials to open technical education and training offices in Egypt, and discussed the possibility of opening a Korean university for technological science and engineering in Egypt.
While in Seoul, Amr headed the Egyptian delegation to the Nuclear Security Summit, which had been attended by representatives of more than 50 states, as well as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and International Atomic Energy Agency Director Yukia Amano.
Amr will be heading to Baghdad to attend the 23rd Arab Summit, which will be held Thursday.
Translated from DPA
