Step band in the Egyptian-Indian relations

Visit is the first since he took the reins of government of President Abdel Fattah Sisi heading to India during the period from the first to the third of September.The visit comes Based on the historic old relations between Egypt and India, which is one of the oldest Asian countries based on its internal political parliamentary democracy.And returning the history of Egyptian-Indian relations to more than half a century, during which he witnessed the fruitful cooperation between the two countries on all fields.It is scheduled to witness the visit to sign agreements between the two countries in many fields, as well as the consolidation of bilateral relations between the two sides.Observers believe, that this visit came at a very important time to strengthen ties with the state of economic ranking sixth in the world, stressing that there is a commercially existing between the two countries exchanged, demanding the government to benefit from the Indian experience to revive the Egyptian economy.Political and economic momentum ..And enjoy the visit of President al-Sisi to India political momentum and economic in the light of the growing importance of international and regional position during the last years of the results achieved, on the economic level, the growth of gross national product of between 7% to 8% per annum and expectations consistently achieve the same growth rates and increase in the coming years, to coincide with efforts to expand and diversify their national industries base and attract more foreign investment, strengthen its military capabilities and relevant national industries.Egypt is endeavoring to political momentum Egyptian-Indian relations as they enjoyed those relationships historically through my contract fifties and sixties of the last century. And adopt a pragmatic vision in the medium term to restore the strategic importance of India to increase and diversify trade (currently about US $ 4 billion a year), and success in attracting more Indian investments (currently about US $ 3 billion).Cultural presence ..The aspiration of the visit to promote cultural presence and revitalize the bonds of popular and cultural links between the two countries.As well as discuss the optimization of the potential for cooperation and joint investment in the areas of petrochemicals, especially in light of the discoveries of Egypt to the fields of oil and natural gas, and new and renewable energy and fertilizer industries and Egypt's reserves of phosphate.There is also an Egyptian interest in opening the door to enhance technical cooperation in a number of areas to benefit from the experiences of India in the promotion of small and medium enterprises and micro and progress achieved in the areas of communications, information technology, medical and pharmaceutical industries, space technology and education, especially vocational education, technology and recycling waste, including electronic waste The biofuels industry, where the advantage of the technology adopted by India acceptable economic cost-effective compared to other countries. Also visit aims to promote Indian tourist traffic to Egypt.India is trying for some time in international forums for a permanent seat on the Security Council, it is also among the countries that face the dangers of terrorism, and calls for the revival of a comprehensive treaty to counter international terrorism and raised by India at the United Nations in 1996 initiative, and is seeking international support for the development of sources renewable energy and the peaceful use of nuclear energy and other issues, the international interest in joining with the clarity of inner vision of the Indian government on the optimum use of this attention to national priorities.New Delhi has succeeded in maximizing the role of international groups and gatherings as a twenty-BRICS and IBSA and SAARC and to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the quest to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group despite the lack of membership of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty.Flow relations ..And the continued flow of strong political relations between Egypt and India, where rolled Minister of India visits to Cairo in 2015, where he and Secretary of State for Indian Affairs and Parliamentary Minority visited Egypt in July last year, during which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi handed the invitation of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee to participate in third Summit of the Forum (India, Africa), co-Minister of Maritime and land transport and the Indian roads in the opening ceremony of the new Suez Canal, then visit of Indian Foreign Minister to Cairo last August.This was followed by a meeting with President al-Sisi with the Prime Minister of India on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly in New York, and finally the visit of President al-Sisi to New Delhi to participate in the Summit of the Forum (India / Africa) in response to the recognition of the Order of the Indian Prime Minister during a meeting with New York.The two countries held round eleven political consultations in New Delhi in December 2015 at the level of assistant secretaries of state, where a review of aspects of the bilateral relations between the two countries and how to develop and strengthen existing areas of cooperation, and to prepare for the meeting of the seventh session of the joint committee chaired by the foreign ministers during which and expected to be held before the end of this year, as well as exchange views on issues of mutual interest and regional and international issues.Adding a high political communications level, the deputy national security adviser to the Indian visit to Cairo in July 2015, and Ms. national security adviser, Fayza Abul Naga visited New Delhi in December 2015, and held the first meeting of the joint working group to fight terrorism between Egypt and India in New Delhi in January 2016, it which nominates security cooperation to be one of the pillars of enhancing bilateral relations in the coming period in light of the escalation of the threat of terrorism, and the existence of links between terrorist groups and organizations in the Middle East and South Asia, particularly in light of India's concerns about the implications of the remarkable activity to al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the organization " Daesh "who carried out a number of terrorist attacks recently in Bangladesh, which coincided with the Indian authorities arrested an estimated dozens suspected of belonging to Daesh during the current year.the trade exchange ..And continued trade and investment relations and other aspects of bilateral cooperation in the development and growth over the past years, where the two countries have witnessed the Joint Trade Committee and the Council of the Egyptian business Indian joint session in Cairo in March 2016, and continued to Indian companies (estimated at fifty Company) work and to promote investments in Egypt steadily and it announced Sanmar Company (the largest Indian investments in Egypt) from the capital invested b 'increase of $ 300 million the company's total investment to reach in Egypt to about $ 1.5 billion, and the total Indian investment in Egypt for nearly $ 3 billion, with a trade volume trade between the two countries during the past two years, about $ 4 billion.The Egyptian investments operating Indian market front, Kabsa company Swedish company joined as an investor in India, the company has embarked on the construction of a factory in the state of Karnataka in southern India, noting that the Swedish company Uttar Pradesh bordering state of New Delhi factory continues to produce and export to Africa, as the Modern Bitomid company established a factory insulating material in the state of Gujarat.The continued interest in the two countries to strengthen cultural exchange, where established the Indian embassy in Cairo annual festival, titled "India on the banks of the Nile" for the fourth year in a row, which lasted for an extended period nearly three weeks, in addition to establishing a series of cultural and artistic events with a number of Egyptian governorates(Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Ismailia and Beni Suef) with the participation of intellectuals, writers, journalists and technical teams Indian, and other related activities.On the other side of the Egyptian cultural activities multiplied in India, where Egypt is keen on the presence of exhibitions and international festivals organized by India (musician and arts and popular cinema), as well as exhibitions of art included a visit to an Egyptian team to a number of cities of India and the US, and mark the International Day of the Arabic language and communicate with several universities and educational institutions, Indian, and the dispatch of imams and preachers during the holy month of Ramadan.