Ivinia Sideris, Acting US Ambassador to Cairo, confirmed that the city of New El Alamein has become a new tourist capital, noting that the US Embassy seeks to deepen ties between Egypt and the United States by holding many joint dialogues, including the strategic dialogue and strengthening trade and investment. Between the two sides.
Sideris referred – during a meeting with journalists, today, Wednesday – to cooperation between Egypt and the United States of America to mitigate the impact of climate change, pointing out She pointed out that Egypt is going through a complex period with regard to climate change, and so is the city of Alexandria, like all other coastal cities in the world that are affected by climate change.
She said: “Egypt is a vibrant country, as it has a large population density and a high percentage of “Youth, as it has many talents and young people capable of giving and working.” She explained that the goal of establishing the virtual honorary consulate in Alexandria is to enhance communication between the people of Alexandria and the embassy. She added: The idea of the virtual office is based on bringing the American Embassy closer to the Alexandria community, which helps in increasing communication efforts with the city of Alexandria and the North Coast region by creating a website through which communication can be done directly to present the initiatives. And activities specific to Alexandria.
She pointed out that the consular section of the embassy will allocate specific days in Alexandria to provide services, including passport applications and birth registration, in addition to documentation services. To the large American community in Al-Thaghr, stressing that these measures will save American citizens the hassle of traveling to Cairo to obtain routine consular services, and that visa services will continue to be provided at the embassy in Cairo only.
Sediris indicated that she will lead the virtual office team, and will hold a meeting. Meetings with the Alexandria community in various sectors, including the government sector, the business community, education, culture, health, technology, sports, art, and other fields, stressing that the goal is to find the best ways to support Alexandria. And its people in cooperation with government leaders and the private sector in the city.
She continued: “We have a good relationship with various organizations, including the University of Alexandria, the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, and the Library of Alexandria,” noting that the US Agency for Development has a school. For the outstanding students in Alexandria.
At the conclusion of her statements, the Acting US Ambassador to Cairo affirmed her commitment to increasing the US Embassy’s interaction and support for the people of Alexandria, in addition to seeking to expand and strengthen commercial, educational and cultural ties with Alexandria and the North Coast region.
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