International Cooperation and Investment Minister Sahar Nasr had talks with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director in Egypt Sherry Carlin on means of promoting bilateral cooperation in the fields of combating corruption, supporting technical education and expanding investments in various scores.

Nasr called on the USAID director to prop up private sector projects as well as youth and women entrepreneurs, the Investment and International Cooperation Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

The minister also urged Carlin to support a fund for empowering women at the economic level that was set up in tandem with the the World Bank.

Carlin underlined the strength of the Egyptian-US ties, considering such relations as strategic.

Carlin said the US administration is looking forward to having strong partnership with Egypt in various economic and investment domains in the coming period.

USAID’s program in Egypt totaled nearly 30 billion dollars since 1978, the statement said.

Talks are underway to allocate 104 million dollars for the investment, technology, agriculture, education, water and sanitation sectors, added the statement.

Source: MENA