Ambassador of Greece to Cairo Visits Alexandria University for Bilateral Collaboration Discussions
Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, received Mr. Nikolaos Papageorgiou, the Greek Ambassador to Cairo, at the university’s headquarters in Shatby, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation between Alexandria University and Greek academic institutions.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Saeed Allam, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Hisham Saeed, Vice President of the University for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Dr. Sameh Shehata, Supervisor of the University’s International Relations Office, Dr. Gihan Gewaifel, Assistant to the University President for International University Branch Affairs, and Dr. Naglaa Abou-Agag, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts for Postgraduate Studies and Research.
In his speech, the University President welcomed the Greek Ambassador to Alexandria University, stressing his pride in the historical and strategic relations extending between the two countries. During the meeting, Dr. Konsowa demonstrated the university’s strategy to support applicable scientific research and the knowledge-based economy through the university’s technology incubator, the Alexandria University Technology Park, seeking to raise the level of education and enhance competitiveness through the internationalization of education using joint and dual academic degrees with major American and European universities and foreign university branches in South Sudan and Chad, and the establishment of branches of international universities with high classification and distinguished educational level in cooperation and coordination with Alexandria University. He pointed to the distinguished relations and cooperation protocols between Alexandria University and the Greek universities of Kapodistrian, West Attica, and Piraeus, pointing to the role of the Alexandria Centre for Hellenistic Studies, which was established in joint cooperation between the University of Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and the Greek Onassis and Vardinoyannis Foundations, expressing his aspiration for continued cooperation with Greek academic institutions in scientific and research fields of common interest.
The Greek Ambassador stressed his country’s keenness to develop scientific and research cooperation with Egyptian academic bodies in general and Alexandria University in particular, given the historical connection between the two countries. He praised the distinguished level of Alexandria University in various academic fields and pointed to the development of political relations between the two countries after the formation of the high-level cooperation council, which It is a natural development and a reflection of the political will on both sides to increase the volume and level of cooperation.