dbrMINSK, 27 June (BelTA) – Possible participation of Belarusian companies in projects related to the irrigation and development of new agricultural lands in Egypt was discussed at a meeting between Belarusian Ambassador to Egypt Sergei Rachkov and Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohammed Abdel Atty, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The parties discussed promising areas of bilateral cooperation in water management, including joint research in the exploitation of water resources.
Sergei Rachkov and Mohammed Abdel Atty agreed to establish direct cooperation between the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation and the Belarusian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and exchange visits of the heads of the two agencies.