Major General. Engineer Mokhtar Abdel Latif, Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, received Mr. Jean-Pierre Bemba, Minister of National Defense and Veterans of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the accompanying delegation, in the presence of Ambassador Kasongo Musenga, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Cairo.

During the meeting, they discussed strengthening cooperation mechanisms and benefiting from the advanced capabilities of the Arab Organization for Industrialization to meet all the needs of development projects and defense and security industries in the sisterly Republic of the Congo, and identifying proposed aspects of cooperation between the two sides in various fields of manufacturing in accordance with the latest systems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital transformation and artificial intelligence, as well as Studying the opening of a market for Egyptian products in the Congo as an important step towards enhancing constructive cooperation between the countries of the African continent.

In this regard, the Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation with the countries of the African continent, and implementing the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to open new horizons of cooperation and integration with our African brothers in all industrial and economic fields, and opening new outlets for export to the countries of the African continent.

He expressed his pride in the joint Egyptian-Congolese relations and the importance of continuing coordination and joint work and strengthening the bonds of cooperation by opening new fields for all fields of defense and security industries, pointing to the interest of the Arab Organization for Industrialization to participate in development projects in the sisterly Congo.

During his inspection of the Arab Organization for Industrialization products exhibition, the Minister of National Defense and Veterans of the Democratic Republic of the Congo stressed his country’s keenness to strengthen partnership and cooperation relations with the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt in all industrial and development fields, indicating his pride in this visit to the Arab Organization for Industrialization, the industrial backbone of the Egyptian state, pointing to the importance of coordinating efforts. To achieve integration and localize the latest manufacturing technologies, for the benefit of the two brotherly countries.