Egypt, Madagascar to Enhance Cooperation in Military Production

Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)
Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)
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Egypt, Madagascar to Enhance Cooperation in Military Production

Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)
Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (Egyptian Cabinet page on Facebook)

Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Morsy has met with Madagascar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Patrick Ralolina as part of efforts to achieve African integration and exchange expertise.

Morsy said that the meeting discussed ways to enhance cooperation in various fields of manufacturing. It further reviewed the technical, technological, manufacturing, and human capabilities of the ministry and its subsidiaries.

Morsy asserted the ministry’s interest in strengthening the strategic partnership between production companies in Egypt and Madagascar.

He also stressed the ministry’s keenness to exchange expertise and achieve integration within the African continent, pointing to his ministry’s goal to meet the needs of Madagascar.

For his part, Ralolina expressed his country’s aspiration to achieve fruitful cooperation with Egypt in various industrial fields.

He praised the technical expertise and the technological capabilities of military production companies and their role in supporting the Egyptian state’s plan for development.

Ralolina hailed the economic reform measures taken by Egypt.

Monay’s meeting came as part of Ralolina’s visit to Egypt to participate in the 21st Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit on November 23.

Madagascar would hand over the chairmanship of the COMESA to Egypt during this summit.



Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Visits Military Positions in the Country's South

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
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Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Visits Military Positions in the Country's South

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has begun a tour of military positions in the country’s south, almost a month after a ceasefire deal that ended the war between Israel and the Hezbollah group that battered the country.
Najib Mikati on Monday was on his first visit to the southern frontlines, where Lebanese soldiers under the US-brokered deal are expected to gradually deploy, with Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops both expected to withdraw by the end of next month, The Associated Press said.
Mikati’s tour comes after the Lebanese government expressed its frustration over ongoing Israeli strikes and overflights in the country.
“We have many tasks ahead of us, the most important being the enemy's (Israel's) withdrawal from all the lands it encroached on during its recent aggression,” he said after meeting with army chief Joseph Aoun in a Lebanese military barracks in the southeastern town of Marjayoun. “Then the army can carry out its tasks in full.”
The Lebanese military for years has relied on financial aid to stay functional, primarily from the United States and other Western countries. Lebanon’s cash-strapped government is hoping that the war’s end and ceasefire deal will bring about more funding to increase the military’s capacity to deploy in the south, where Hezbollah’s armed units were notably present.
Though they were not active combatants, the Lebanese military said that dozens of its soldiers were killed in Israeli strikes on their premises or patrolling convoys in the south. The Israeli army acknowledged some of these attacks.