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Mr. Mohamed Mashadi
● Researcher specializing in African affairs and international relations
● President of the African Youth Initiative
The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Cairo, His Excellency Ambassador Nora Abba Remi, received the researcher / Mohamed Mashadi, Head of the African Youth Initiative at the headquarters of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Cairo, in the presence of the Consul General.
Mr. Adesuye Samuto, in an influential and effective dialogue meeting in a fruitful session to support relations between the two brotherly countries within the framework of popular diplomacy to consolidate relations, exchange cultures, bonds of rapprochement and historical roots.The meeting witnessed the exchange of visions and views on regional and international issues of common interest and the exchange of ideas and different points of interest, of common interest between the people of the African continent who carry many common values such as freedom and preservation of their youth from intellectual deviation and aspiration for the progress of their peoples. African and its mechanisms of action.Mr. Mohamed Mashadi said that we are honored to meet my brother and dear friend, His Excellency Ambassador Nora Abba Remi, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Cairo, in the presence of the Nigerian diplomatic brothers at the embassy with a delegation of young people from the African Youth Initiative and said thank you for the hospitality, warm reception, good meeting and the beauty of your pure hearts, noting that we express our happiness in the Egyptian society with your presence among us brothers of Egypt within the framework of this initiative. If anything, it indicates the status of Nigeria in Egypt and the strength of the bonds of brotherhood between Egypt and Nigeria.He pointed out that Egypt and Nigeria have a great history with the convergence of visions towards issues is evidence of the strong relations between the two countries that the depth of Egyptian-Nigerian relations is based on effective partnership and the consolidation of cooperation in various political and strategic fields, and Mr. Mohamed Mashadi stressed that Egypt and Nigeria carry many common values such as freedom and aspiration for the progress of their peoples, which made the relations between the two countries characterized by excellence and contributed to strengthening the old relationship.Mr. Mohamed Mashadi also explained that Egypt enjoyed a distinguished historical relationship with Nigeria and bilateral relations date back to the early sixties after its independence in 1960, Egypt and Nigeria exchanged diplomatic relations in 1961, and this was embodied in the strong friendship that brought together the two historical leaders Gamal Abdel Nasser Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe The United Arab Republic sent a mission of honor and friendship to Nigeria to attend the celebrations held in Lagos on the occasion of the inauguration of President Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe as Governor-General of Nigeria, and the head of the mission carried personal messages to the President Ezikiwe replied that Nigeria has great respect for President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Nigerians are proud of his leadership of the liberation of African peoples. He added / Mashadi and my happiness at this moment talking about the struggle of nations and their access to independence and my happiness and pride in this brotherly country, I am talking about the struggle of the great Nigerian people, who is the real hero who contributed with his great efforts and sacrifices to the independence of his brotherly country, this people is a model of great values and ambitious goals for Africa and his country and was only seeking to achieve liberation from foreign domination and the ability to achieve it, The cooperative relations continued between the historical and strategic importance of Egypt’s African relations and Egypt was keen to support its relations with the countries located on the west coast of Africa and since then, and Egypt is linked to the African continent embodied by history, geography, common will and unity of destiny and that Egypt and Nigeria carry a lot of common values such as freedom and aspiration for the progress of their peoples, which made relations between the two countries characterized by excellence.He added that it must also be noted that the great people of Egypt, since 2013, when they carried out their great revolution, which rallied around their national leadership, have achieved miraculous achievements by all standards, represented in the opening of the new Suez Canal, in addition to the giant ambitious project to establish a new administrative capital, which is comparable to the largest cities in the world in terms of modernity and number, as well as an unprecedented road network and bridges and the modernization of Egyptian national capabilities in various fields, as well as attention to African youth in particular and holding several Forums in Aswan for peace and sustainable development and the declaration of Aswan Governorate as the capital of African youth.He added that since then, Egypt has been keen on its relations with its African brothers that Egypt is starting a new era that we are looking forward to new horizons for cooperation in the era of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi towards improving Egyptian-African relations and reviewed the size of the challenges facing the African continent and pointed out that it is necessary to refer to the effective contribution of Egypt with the rest of the African continent countries in facing the challenges lurking us. Especially terrorism, organized crime, epidemics, environmental degradation and the threat of illegal immigration, as well as the continuous pursuit of sustainable development and investment in the African human element in various fields.
Mr. Mohamed Mashadi also explained that these challenges require strenuous efforts to confront them, whether at the societal level through citizens’ awareness of the importance of these responsibilities and issues, confronting them and preserving all their forms, or at the governmental level through the implementation of many major projects implemented by the state or through legislative development, stressing that Egypt has distinguished national experiences in challenges, in a way that enables it to deal with such challenges with the utmost efficiency and find solutions. The process has by transforming such challenges into opportunities that benefit Africans, and that it is the health anxiety and not the patients that we feel that drives African countries to increase readiness to deal with challenges and face any emergency they face.On the economic sideEconomic relations between Egypt and Nigeria began from the first day of Nigeria’s independence, where Nigerians used many Egyptian competencies in many magazines, in the early stages of building the modern state after independence, and in later stages, cooperation in the field of economic and social development became at the forefront of areas of cooperation between the two countries.These relations have been strengthened through the membership of both Egypt and Nigeria in African economic groupings and strategic partnerships, where the two countries joined the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States in 2001, and Egypt also enjoys observer status in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which was established in 1993 and is the largest economic grouping in Africa.And on the cultural side Mr. Mohamed Mashadi said that we are looking forward to new horizons for cooperation between our two brotherly countries for the benefit of our peoples, who are linked by many common denominators, especially in cultural heritage and interest in arts and sports, especially football, which the great Egyptian people participate in, and that since the inauguration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Egypt has been linked to mutual diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Nigeria since its independence. Since then, the two countries have strong ties of continuous cooperation and coordination, and the Egyptian government provides continuous support to the sisterly State of Nigeria in many fields, especially the development sectors and capacity support in the field of capacity building, and Egypt was keen to support Nigerian cadres through training courses organized by the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa in coordination with various government agencies in many fields such as health, judiciary, police, agriculture, education, training diplomats and others. In addition to a large number of bilateral agreements as well as memorandums of understanding.
Mashadi pointed out that the African Youth Initiative is a youth initiative, which seeks to invest in the African human element to achieve development and reunification between its various nationalities within the framework of popular diplomacy to strengthen the bonds of rapprochement and consolidate relations and historical roots through various activities that support a culture of peace, tolerance and human fraternity that this initiative is necessary to extend the bridge of cooperation between peoples and for the convergence of cultures and the exchange of civilizations and for acquaintance, which is one of the greatest purposes of cultural diversity, as stipulated in the Holy Qur’an by saying ( وجعلناكم شعوبا وقبائل لتعارفوا) He pointed out that the role of the initiative in transferring and mobilizing support towards continental agreements and programs also drew the ambassador’s attention to the young participants towards opportunities to learn about African affairs towards new horizons and raise the level of relations in the civil and cultural field and increase joint work and cooperation in peace files and various fields of development and investments on the old cultural and political relations that bind the two countries.H.E. Nora Abba Remi, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Cairo, said:Thanks to Egypt’s leadership, government and people The ambassador pointed out that the role of youth is important in Africa and the ambassador praised the African youth initiative, which works to consolidate the African identity and the ambassador said that we need all, especially young people, to prevent conflict, and combat conflict and youth play a vital role in supporting peace and the progress of countries.
For his part, Mr. Mohamed Mashadi pointed out again that I express our happiness in the Egyptian society with your presence among us brothers of Egypt, and we always assure our brothers and friends in the world that Egypt is proud of its origins and national identity and pride in its Arab and African affiliation and that it is a country open to the world and seeks to cooperate and partner with everyone from my hands in preparation for that.
we confirm that we are determined to do everything possible to strengthen Egyptian-African relations, especially Nigeria within the framework of popular diplomacy from During the African Youth Initiative with the Nigerian community and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Cairo.It was agreed to continue efforts aimed at achieving the vision and objectives of the initiative in order to transform the goals into reality.
and it was agreed that the work of the exchange salon between Egypt and Nigeria B in the near future will contribute to achieving the hopes and ambition of the initiative.
