Djibouti’s Minister of Energy, Yonis Guedi, announced on September 1 his government’s intention to enter into closer cooperation with Egypt to enhance projects to develop the local hydrocarbon industry (https://www.naturalgasworld.com/djibouti-and-egypt-hold-gas-cooperation-talks-100599).
The announcement came after Minister Guedi’s visit to Cairo on August 29, where he met with Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Sources, Mohamed Shaker, with whom he discussed the possibility of agreements with Egypt to develop joint projects (https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/118718/Egypt-Djibouti-hold-talks-on-potential-partnerships-in-electricity-sector).
As part of Minister Guedi’s visit to Cairo, a meeting was also held with Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, with whom several options for cooperation in the oil and natural gas sector were discussed, to be included in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two countries last February during President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s visit to Cairo (https://www.agenceecofin.com/hydrocarbures/0209-100819-legypte-et-djibouti-envisagent-de-renforcer-leur-partenariat-dans-le-domaine-petrogazier).
