MINSK, 11 November (BelTA) – Belarus-Egypt inter-parliamentary contacts were discussed at a meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Egypt Sergei Terentyev and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt Ali Abdel Aal Sayyed Ahmed on 6 November, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The parties discussed the state and prospects of the Belarusian-Egyptian cooperation, including the agreements reached at the highest level in June 2019.
The focus was made on the continuation of inter-parliamentary contacts between Belarus and Egypt. The parties stressed the importance of the first official visit of the speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt to Belarus in November 2018, the signing of the agreement on cooperation and the setting up of friendship groups in the parliaments of the two countries.
An agreement on the reciprocal visit of the speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus to Egypt was reached.