EU official pays Egypt two-day visit

CAIRO – 30 January 2023: Director of Global Approach and International Cooperation in R&I of the European Commission Maria Cristina Russo, arrived in Cairo for a two-day visit, according to a statement by the EU delegation to Egypt.

Russo met Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research as well as Dr. Abdel Majidd Bin Amara, the Secretary General of the Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils, the statement said.

“Honored to meet in Cairo Dr. Ashour, Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research […] together with [European] 🇪🇺 Ambassador Berger @EUinEgypt to step up our #research & #innovation cooperation notably through the,” she took to Twitter.

Honored to meet in Cairo Dr. Ashour, 🇪🇬Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research ⁦@mohesr_en⁩
together with 🇪🇺 Ambassador Berger ⁦@EUinEgypt⁩ to step up our #research & #innovation cooperation notably through the #HorizonEU #MEDinitiative 🌊🌞🔬 pic.twitter.com/PZFSYRMxRP

— Maria Cristina Russo (@MariaCrisRusso) January 29, 2023

In her visit, Russo will also launch the Mediterranean Initiative under Horizon Europe in collaboration with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) to bring together multiple research and innovation stakeholders in the Euro-Mediterranean region to learn about the new calls and cooperation opportunities; as well as seize the opportunity to network with R&I stakeholders from across the two shores of the Mediterranean, the statement added.