Cairo - Eco - Fady Labib : The Egyptian-Canadian Business Council hosted an open roundtable dialogue on “ Egyptian-Belarusian cooperation and coordination in the field of technology ... ”
Engineer Moataz Raslan, Chairman of the
Egyptian-Canadian Business Council, said at the opening of the symposium:
“Egypt shares a long history of friendship and diplomatic relations with the
Republic of Belarus, and from real events and activities such as today’s
meeting, we have the honor of developing these relations even further. The
technology sector has achieved great success in enriching innovation, and today
we have the unique opportunity to learn about Belarus’ expertise in this field,
and additional potential avenues of partnership that can benefit our nation. We
are also pleased to witness the exchange of experiences from both sides.”
Raslan added: “What we are doing so far
is promoting the idea of exchanging open dialogue based on partnership, and exploring
various possibilities and areas of cooperation, especially in the field of
technology and innovation, in a way that contributes to the progress of the two
countries in this vital and important field.”
As for Ambassador Raouf Saad, the former
ambassador of Egypt to several countries, including Russia, Belarus, and
Uzbekistan, he said: “Belarus is one of the countries that has very advanced
technology, and has extreme discipline in working to implement development
plans. From an economic standpoint, they are very ambitious, and Politically,
it is a country that works to establish justice and peace in the world.
Technology is the future, and I believe that technology is no longer just a
transfer of the required information technologies, but it now controls various
industries and all areas of life, including climate change, the environment,
the automobile industry, and culture. Research and development of the latest
technologies and the use of technology and digitalization. I believe that there
is no future for the country that does this.. I believe that this new area of
cooperation with Belarus is under evaluation and I hope that this will lead to
tangible and realistic results that will be the way to conduct a practical
technology partnership, not just to obtain technology. Informational, but to
exchange practical practices and experiences.”
Saad continued: "We have our own
technology, and they have their own technology, and I believe that we need to
engage in closer and different fields as we have technological centers in both
countries that can be harnessed to increase production as we are, and invest
history and present in our relations with the friendly country Belarus."
For its part, the Belarusian side
reviewed, through Valentin Tatarichi, Vice Chairman of the Belarusian
Governance Committee, ways of cooperation, explaining: “We are very happy to be
here... Yes, we have been friends for a long time, and we have a long history
of relations, more than 30 years, but I would like to say that when... If there
are technological and economic ties between us, they will be much stronger than
those associated with those who left the Soviet Union. I will show you the many
universities we have that specialize in technological development. I graduated
from Lawson University and we learned the importance of keeping pace with
global technological development, and we explored different fields in which we
use modern technology, including Industry, agriculture, food security, and
education. We also updated and developed modern, high-quality and sophisticated
devices that we will show you later. Therefore, we want to present to you our
experience, not only the results of this work, but how this work was
accomplished, and when.”
He noted: “I was very influenced by what
I see here in Egypt in the development of science with the digitization of the
economy, and the development of financial technology in different fields, and
this is the time of discoveries.. Yes, I love discovering this country that is
not only limited to great history, but I want to reach the people.” With modern
technology, and then developing aspects of life and leadership... We have a lot
of things to show you and we have a lot of things to study for you.”
For his part, Belarusian Minister of
Trade and Antimonopoly Alichi Bogdanova said: “I express my thanks to the
organizers of this round table... Technology and modern technology are
considered the subject of the modern world, and we in Belarus are developing
the work of the government technologically, and the same thing is happening in
Egypt, and in my capacity as co-chair of the committee Belarusian-Egyptian
cooperation, we have a lot to offer today.
He continued: “The goal of our visit
today is how to activate all the joint projects that were agreed upon before
the Corona pandemic, and also to work on coordinating new joint projects, and
one of these recent trends in dealing with Egypt is the digital revolution, and
for this reason we summoned with us the Vice Chairman of the Advanced
Technology Governance Committee in Belarus, and this committee includes more
than a thousand companies working in all fields of modern and advanced
technology.”
The minister said: “We have main
directions, the most important of which is how to develop communications
between technology companies in Belarus and Egypt, then organizing some
educational curricula in this field between the two countries, as well as
developing cooperation in the field of scientific research and advanced
laboratories, and we are ready to share with Egypt its technological progress
and achievements.” Government, and any joint work in modern digitalization, and
I believe that such cooperation will strengthen the position of the two
countries in the modern digital world and raise their scientific capabilities.”
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