Egypt's Foreign Minister Urges US Investment at UNGA Business Roundtable

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelaty pressed US business leaders to invest more in Egypt, urging a deeper Egypt-US partnership at a UN General Assembly roundtable.

• Abdelaty joined a Business Council for International Understanding roundtable in New York on September 21 during the UN General Assembly's 81st session.
• He stressed the Egypt-US strategic partnership and invited American companies to expand investments, citing recent Egyptian economic reform measures.
• Abdelaty warned that regional developments threaten the global economy, supply chains, and energy and commodity markets.
• He reaffirmed Egypt's position on the Palestinian issue, demanding an independent Palestinian state on 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.