The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Olta Xhaçka is in New York, part of the Albanian delegation led by Prime Minister Rama, in the week of the 76th High Level Session of the UN General Assembly.

On the first day in New York, Minister Xhaçka held a meeting with Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Hassan Shoukry.

Minister Xhaçka thanked her counterpart for the support of Egypt in the election of Albania as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.

The two ministers greatly appreciated the very good relations between the two countries and shared the same view for better opportunities to further strengthen the development, especially in economic terms.
In this framework, they emphasized the importance of holding the First Session of the Joint Economic Commission, as an important forum for discussing and exploring opportunities for increasing economic cooperation and trade exchanges between the two countries.