Egypt’s Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir and ambassador of Jordan to Cairo Amjad al-Adayleh discussed reactivating a memorandum of understanding between transport companies in Egypt, Iraq and Jordan to transport passengers between the three countries at a standard ticket price of US$130. The meeting began with both officials emphasizing the depth of ties binding Egypt and Jordan, and the need support joint cooperation in all fields. The ticket, priced $130, includes the ferry ticket price between the ports of Nuweiba and Aqaba. They also discussed means to support trade between the two countries by overcoming all obstacles in ports, facilitating the transportation of Egyptian products to Jordan and from there to Arab countries such as Iraq and Syria. It also touched on the need to develop the Arab Bridge Maritime (owned by Egypt, Jordan and Iraq) and to open new markets to serve the trade movement between the three countries and East African countries.

Source: Egypt Independent March 01, 2021 11:03 UTC