Egypt can ‘mitigate’ global food crisis, international cooperation minister says

Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Rania A. Al-Mashat, granted an interview to FRANCE 24 in Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan. Although the war in Ukraine is threatening Egypt’s food security, the minister believes that « pre-emptive action » undertaken by Cairo in the past few years will help « mitigate » the impact of a possible wheat shortage. Al-Mashat also called for the COP27 climate summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in November to be one turning of « pledges » into « implementation ».