Minister of Civil Aviation Dr. Sameh El-Hefny received Maldonado Roman Aset, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in Cairo. The meeting addressed the outcomes of the Minister of Civil Aviation's participation in the 13th Meeting of North American, Central American and Caribbean Directors of Civil Aviation (NACC/DCA/13), which the Dominican Republic recently hosted.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Egypt and the Dominican Republic in the fields of civil aviation, reviewed the joint positions of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) on the issues under discussion, and discussed the importance of exchanging technical and operational expertise and intensifying coordination between the two sides to serve the common interests of both countries.
In this context, Minister of Civil Aviation Dr. Sameh El-Hefny praised the effective role played by the Dominican Republic in various fields of civil aviation, stressing the civil aviation sector's keenness to strengthen bilateral relations with Latin American and Caribbean countries in this field.
El-Hefny noted that cooperation with the Dominican Republic serves as a bridge for strengthening regional and international partnerships and contributes to supporting joint positions on the international stage, in addition to the exchange of expertise in training and qualification.
For her part, the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic praised the Minister of Civil Aviation's participation in the recent meeting hosted by her country, stressing that this participation reflected Egypt's pivotal role in supporting regional cooperation in the civil aviation sector.
She expressed her country's aspiration to deepen coordination and cooperation with the Egyptian side in this field, and extended an official invitation to the Minister of Civil Aviation to participate in the international ICAN 2025 meeting, which is held annually in a different country under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and which the Dominican Republic will host this year in the coming month of November.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the two sides agreed to continue coordination and to follow up on the practical mechanisms agreed upon to expand areas of cooperation in the coming period, in a way that strengthens bilateral relations between the two countries and supports their international standing in the field of civil aviation.
