Egypt, Armenia hold first cooperation committee meetings since 2005

Egypt and Armenia have kicked off a new round of talks on economic and technical cooperation for the first time in over a decade. Experts from the two countries met in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. The talks are especially important as they highlight “the determination of the two sides to push forward economic, trade and technical cooperation”. A number of agreements are expected to be signed on bilateral cooperation.In July, Egypt and Armenia launched a regular flight connection between the two countries, as they celebrated 25 years since the signing of a 1992 agreement creating bilateral diplomatic ties. The Armenian embassy in Cairo was opened in March 1992 and the Egyptian embassy in Armenia was set up almost a year later, according to the website of Egypt’s State Information Service. In 2015, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, visited Armenia to commemorate the victims of the Armenian genocide.