Dr. Khaled El-Enany, Minister of Antiquities, received Ambassador Greg Lewis, New Zealand's ambassador to Egypt, who was keen to meet the minister as soon as he took up his post as his country's ambassador in Cairo. The meeting covered a number of topics aimed at strengthening joint cooperation between the two countries in archaeological work and the exchange of expertise.
It also discussed the procedures for recovering a number of artifacts that New Zealand's Whanganui Museum received as a gift from a New Zealand citizen in the 1920s. The pieces are scheduled to be handed over to the Egyptian Embassy next June, so that the remaining procedures for their return to the homeland can be completed.
