CAIRO – Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad praised cooperation between Jordan and Egypt in the fields of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem preservation, under the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on boosting environmental investment in nature reserves.
The minister made the remarks while accompanying visiting Jordanian Princess Alia bint al Hussein to a tour of Wadi El Rayan protectorate in Faiyum City, southwest Cairo.
Minister Fouad reviewed the key tourist value of Wadi El Rayan nature reserve, with its distinguished waterfalls which make it one of the unique tourist destinations nationwide.
Earlier in the day, Fouad received Princess Alia, who is currently on a four-day visit to Faiyum City for talks on promising environmental investments.
Princess Alia’s visit to Egypt crowns the recent successful visit of the environment minister and the governor of Faiyum to Jordan, at the invitation of the Jordanian princess to lay the foundation stone of cooperation between both countries in the domain of nature preservation as well probing potential investment opportunities in nature reserves, especially in Faiyum.
During her visit, the Jordanian princess will take part in the signing ceremony of a quadripartite-protocol grouping the Ministry of Environment, Faiyum Governorate, Princess Alia Foundation and FOUR PAWS Animal Welfare Foundation.
The protocol is the first of its kind, as regards furthering the Egyptian-Jordanian cooperation in the areas of green investment and environment protection.
