Serbia, Egypt sign agreement on air traffic

Belgrade, June, 02. 2010 (Serbia Today) – The governments of Serbia and Egypt signed in Belgrade on Friday a new agreement on air traffic cooperation. This is a bilateral agreement that defines commercial relations between air transporters, selection of airline companies, their nomination, security area, harmonization with world standards, and other issues. The agreement was signed as part of a two-day meeting of the mixed Serbian-Egyptian committee held in Belgrade on Friday after 23 years and aimed at promoting the Serbia-Egypt economic cooperation. The document was signed by Serbian Infrastructure Minister Milutin Mrkonjic and visiting Egyptian Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Abul-Naga. Deputy Chairman of the mixed Serbian-Egyptian committee for economic cooperation Abul-Naga pointed out in the talks with Mrkonjic in the Serbian parliament that the cooperation between Serbia and Egypt has great potential in the domain of civil engineering, adding that the Serbian construction companies can take part in the infrastructure projects in Egypt and the entire African continent.