Brief history
2002 2004 On October 4 the new and fourth Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt Ahmed Yusif El-Sharkawy presented Credentials to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
2005
On January 10 during the meeting with the Minister of International Cooperation madam Fayza Abu En-Naga the Embassy proposed the 2nd meeting of the Azerbaijan-Egypt Joint Committee to be conducted in Cairo, and Egyptian side supported this idea and declared the conducting of this meeting on September of this year. On January 13 by the initiative of the Embassy “The Egyptian Gazette”, edited in English language, published the detailed information about the meeting with the Minister of International Cooperation madam Fayza Abu En-Naga and acquainted the English speaking audience of Egypt and foreign business circles with economic resources of Azerbaijan. On January 17 the meeting with the Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs on European issues Ashraf Rashid several regional and bilateral issues were discussed and it was decided to hold political consultation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Cairo. On February 5 the meeting with the Minister of Oil of Egypt Samih Fahmi was held, and the reasonability of mutual visits in this field on the highest levels was indicated, and the agreement was reached on priority issues for both countries. On February 7 the meeting was held with the Minister of Tourism of Egypt Ahmed Al-Magrabi, the most famous Azerbaijani tourist places and opportunities were discussed and the exchange of views on concrete issues in this field between two countries was held. On February 8 during the meeting with the 1st Deputy-Minister of Culture of Egypt Sherif Shubashi the exact dates of the visit of Azerbaijani official delegation to Egypt were fixed and several important issues in the field of culture were discussed. On February 14 the meeting with the Secretary General of the League of Arab Nations Amr Musa was held and cooperation between Azerbaijan and the League were discussed in details. On February 16 the meeting with the Secretary General of the Technical Cooperation Fond of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt was held, the productive present-day cooperation between Azerbaijan and the Fond and new ideas and views regarding this cooperation were discussed. On February 27 the interview with Ambassador F. Baghirov on the relations between Azerbaijan and Egypt was published in “Al-Jumhuriyya” newspaper. On March 3 the interview with Ambassador F. Baghirov on the Armenian occupation, the problem of refugees, and the efforts of the Government of Azerbaijan and conducted negotiations were published in “Al-Jumhuriyya” newspaper. On March 6 the meeting with the Minister of Information of Egypt Anas Al-Figi was held and during the meeting in this field the renewal of the Protocol on cooperation between two countries signed in 1994 was discussed, and the agreement on demonstration of video materials about Azerbaijan by Egyptian television channels was reached. On March 10 the meeting with the Minister of Internal Affairs Habib Al-Adli was held, the opportunities of forthcoming relations between two countries and already reached productive results were discussed. On March 19 “the 38th International Cairo Exhibition” was held. Azerbaijan took part in the exhibition, and in the framework of this event the meeting titled “Capital opportunities in Azerbaijan” was held, and the Acting Prezident of the Fond on Capital Encouragement and Consultations Emil Mejidov made a speech. In the framework os 38th International Cairo Exhibition the Economic Forum on capital formation in Azerbaijan and enhancement of economic relations between Azerbaijan and Egypt was held. On March 19 the interview with Ambassador F. Baghirov regarding signing of the Agreement on the establishment of information-cultural center between the Governments of both countries was published in “October” magazine. On March 21 the Economic Forum titled “the Azerbaijani day” was held for the first time in Egypt. The Acting Prezident of the Fond on Capital Encouragement and Consultations E. Mejidov, the head of department of “SAF Ltd.” Company E. Mirzakhanov representing Guba-Khachmaz economic rayon, the head of Organizung Committee of Exhibitions and Fairs of Egypt M.S. Saleh, Deputy-Minister of Foreign Trade of Egypt N.F. Khalil, the representatives of business circles of Egypt, of mass media, and different state and Government representatives, embassadors and diplomats of different foreign countries accredited in Cairo took part at this first economic forum. Economic Forum “the Azerbaijani day” was widely covered in mass media of Egypt. On March 21 the greeting letter of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan addressed to the Secretary General of the League of Arab Nations Amr Musa with help of the Embassy was delivered to A. Musa who was at that time in Algeria, and on March 22 it was read by the Secretary General during the opening ceremony of the Summit of Arab countries to the Heads of States participated at the meeting. The information about the greeting letter of the President of Azerbaijan to the Secretary General of the League of Arab Nations Amr Musa and the views indicated in this letter was published in the April edition of “October” magazine on April 4. On 26-30 March of this year the Deputy-Minister of Culture Adalat Veliyev payed a visit to Egypt. As a result of the visit “Intention Protokol on the conducting of cultural days of Azerbaijan and Egypt in Baku and Cairo” was signed, “The agreement on cooperation in the field of culture between Azerbaijan Government and Government of Egypt” was initialled. On April 12 the interview with the Ambassador to Egypt Faig Baghirov was published in “Al-Dauli” (International Diplomacy) journal edited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, and the detailed information about Azerbaijan was published on 4 pages of this journal. On April 13-14 the meeting with the Minister of Highest Education Amr Izzet Salama and the Deputy-Minister of Highest Education Jamal Hasan was held, the relations between two countries in the field of highest education was discussed, the details of the visit programme of the Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov and the preparations for the signing of documents were considered. On April 18-23 Official visit of the Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov On May 8 the day of Shusha occupation was commemorated by the Embassy, and the details of occupation and reasons were explained to the representatives of mass media during the press conference. On May 10 the birthday of National Leader Heydar Aliyev was commemorated in a grand manner in the Embassy, the DVD film dedicated to the life of Heydar Aliyev was demonstrated to the employees of the Embassy, the representatives of Azerbaijani community and Azerbaijani students participated at the meeting, and the speech was delivered to all participants of the meeting. On May 10 the meeting was held with the Head of European Department of the League of Arab Nations Farida Hassuna; during the meeting the articles of the project of Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the League of Arab Nations were discussed, and the agreement was reached that the project will be sent to the Embassy as soon as it is prepared by the League. The project of Memorandum was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, some amendments made by Azerbaijan were sent to the League and now the project is on approval in the Department of Law of the League. On May 11 the meeting was held with the 1st Deputy-Minister of Highest Education of Egypt Ahmed Bahauddin; during the meeting the Governor of Southern Sinai province discussed the proposal on the opening of the branch of Azerbaijani Oil Academy in Southern Sinai and it was estimated as reasonable. On May 28 the private envoy of the President of Egypt Tariq Abdulaziz visited the Embassy and delivered the greetings from the President of Egypt to the President of Azerbaijan. On May 28-29 the film of 40 minutes length about Azerbaijan was demonstrated on the Egyptian “Nile News” and on the 2nd television channel. On June 5-8 the Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov payed official visit to Egypt to carry out political consultations. Khalaf Khalafov met with Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs on European issues Ashraf Rashid, carried out the consultations, also several agreements were reached during the meeting with some high-ranking officials and the Secretary General of the Ligue of Arab Nations Amr Musa. On June 13 the meeting was held with the Chairman of the Painters Union of Egypt Mustafa Huseyn, and the agreement on the establishment of direct contacts between the Unions of painters of both countries was reached. On June 27 the meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the participation of representatives from the Departments of Law and Treaties and European issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt; the basis of law and treaty between two countries was thoroughly investigated, and the detailed information about that was sent to the Center. On 25-30 July The visit of the working group representing Azerbaijan state bodies
On October 15-17 The visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov On 10-13 November 2005 the delegation headed by the Minister of Culture Polad Bulbuloqlu payed official visit to Egypt in the framework of Cultural days of Azerbaijan in Egypt. On 25-26 December of this year the Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev payed official visit to represent Azerbaijan at the 2-nd meeting of Azerbaijan-Egypt Joint Intergovernmental Committee on economic and scientific-technical cooperation. on 29 November – 9 december, the film of Azerbaycani film director Nijat Feyzullayev “I splashed water on the streets” was represented. And during the film festival this film was demonstrated in Cairo grand cinema “Cosmos” on 7 December, and Cairo Opera House on 8 December. The film has been demonstrating in Cairo cinemas until 14 December.
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