Minister: Egyptian-Russian ties based on friendship, mutual respect
Saturday 17/November/2018 - 04:33 PM
Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar highlighted Saturday the depth of cooperation ties and historical partnership between Egypt and Russia.
These relations are based on mutual friendship and respect, he noted.
The minister's remarks came during the inauguration of the 10th Arab forum for the graduates of the Soviet and Russian universities held in Cairo Opera House.
The event will run until November 22.
Abdel Ghaffar underlined that the cooperation ties between Egypt and Russia witnessed progress through history in the fields of sciences, technology and innovation.
The minister said that Egypt seeks expanding bilateral cooperation via increasing academic scholarships, noting that there are 178 Egyptians studying in Russia and nearly 6,000 in universities in the former Soviet republics.
