Today in Cairo, the Italian ambassador to Egypt, Michele Quaroni, and the Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel el Wazir, signed an agreement for the launch of a maritime line for the freight transport between the port of Trieste and the Egyptian port of Damietta. "With this agreement," explained the vice president Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Antonio Tajani, commenting on the agreement - we aim to consolidate Italy's role as a privileged channel of trade in the Euro-Mediterranean region and to increase trade in the between Italy and Egypt'. The agreement," he added "It will also open up new opportunities for investment in Egypt for the Italian supply chain in priority sectors such as the agri-food sector and textiles."

The importance of the project had already been underlined in on the occasion of the system mission led by Tajani in March which had seen the participation of important companies Italian.