The Russian-Egyptian Center for Scientific, Technological, Industrial,
Energy and Information Cooperation (REC)
"Days
of Russia" at the International Conference "Intermine 2006"
May 26-30, 2006 Cairo
Report on the Activity of the Russian-Egyptian
Center for Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Energy and Information
Cooperation (REC)
Protocol of the Fifth Session
of the Joint Russian - Egyptian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific
and Technical Cooperation
List of Investment
Projects in the Arab Republic of Egypt
The Russian-Egyptian Center for Scientific, Technological, Industrial,
Energy and Information Cooperation (REC) was established in April, 2005 in
Cairo.
Within the frameworks of the REC Inaugural Meeting the First
Russian-Egyptian Energy and Industrial Summit took place with participation
of the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of
the Russian Federation, Ministry of Petroleum of Egypt and other state,
industrial, scientific and public organizations of Russia and Egypt.
The main objective of REC is to increase the efficiency and to expand the
Russian-Egyptian scientific-technical, energy, industrial and information
cooperation, as well as to develop the innovation and scientific-technical
potentials of the economies of the Russian Federation, Arab Republic of
Egypt and other African countries.
The founders of REC from the Russian side are the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Natural Science,
NP "Interforum", Information-Consulting Center "Roscon",
Russian-Arab Business Council, from the Egyptian side - the Ministry of
Petroleum of Egypt.
Coordination of the REC activity is carried out by the Joint
Russian-Egyptian Coordination Committee leaded from the Russian side by Mr.
M. Margelov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs
of the Russian Federation, Mr. S. Naumov, Director of the Department for
Eeconomic Analysis and Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Industry and
Energy of the RF, Mr. G. Petrov, Vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of the RF, and from the Egyptian side by Mr. A. Ghoneim, First
Undersecretary for Mineral Resources Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum of Egypt,
Mr. Sh. Hamdy, First Undersecretary for Ministry of Petroleum of Egypt.
The Russian-Egyptian Center works in close coordination with the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the RF, Ministry for Natural Resources of the RF,
Federal Energy Agency of the RF, Federal Industry Agency of the RF, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Egypt, Ministry of
Transport of Egypt, the Ministry of Investments of Egypt, Embassy of Russia
in Egypt, Embassy of Egypt in Russia, Trade missions of Russia and Egypt,
Federation of the Egyptian Industries and other interested structures of
Russia and Egypt.
For ten months of the existence the Russian-Egyptian Center has started
an active participation in implementation of decisions and recommendations
of the Joint Russian - Egyptian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific
and Technical Cooperation. It has been fixed in the Protocol of the Fifth
Session of the Commission in November, 2005 in Moscow.
The structure of the REC Commissions on the main branches of cooperation,
REC work plan on 2006-2007 and the primary joint projects for realization at
the territory of Egypt were agreed and approved during the Second Joint
Session of the REC Coordination Committee (January, 23-25, 2006, Cairo).
The primary Russian-Egyptian joint projects include:
- Creation of joint venture by Petrojet (Egypt), ENPPI, AMK"VIGAS"
(Russia) on manufacturing fibro-glass pipes in Egypt using local basalt.
- Establishing factory to produce Soda Ash in Egypt" by "Emisal"
(Egypt), "Gorkhimproekt" (Russia).
At the same time REC has started realization of the joint project on
training experts for oil-and-gas and mining industry of Egypt (International
Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy MGIMO(U) of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Petroleum of Egypt).
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