Ahead of his visit to Tokyo Sunday, Egypt's president talked cooperation and regional crises - warning a collapse in Libya could allow terrorist groups to use the country as a 'springboard'
Ahram Online , Sunday 28 Feb 2016
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi aims to send 100,000 Egyptian students to study in Japan, he told Japanese news outlet The Asahi Shimbun.
The interview was conducted last week in Cairo but published on Saturday.
El-Sisi said that he hopes Egypt could benefit from cooperation with Japan in education, saying that Tokyo's educational system "stresses discipline."
During his trip to Japan, where he is expected to arrive later on Sunday following a two-day visit to Kazakhstan, El-Sisi is set to meet with senior officials including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito.
Egypt's president will also meet the head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo's governor, and will give a speech in front of the Japanese parliament on Monday.
"Gravest danger for all humanity"
During his interview with The Asahi Shimbun, El-Sisi said the US-led international coalition against IS group in Syria and Iraq "has been ongoing for more than one year, but [IS group] activities has not declined."
He described the spread of terrorist groups such as the IS group as the "gravest danger for all humanity."
Egypt supports the US-led coalition against the IS group but has not taken part in its military operations.
Some of Egypt's regional allies, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Jordan are part of the US-led coalition.
On the Libya crisis, the president said "If Libya collapses it could act as a springboard for terrorism to expand to neighbouring countries such as Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and even outside to Europe."
"Our strategy is to protect our own soil - we will continue our fight against terrorism and will not interfere in the internal affairs of any other states," El-Sisi added, ruling out any Egyptian military intervention in Libya.
More than years after the fall of Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is deeply fractured, with a self-declared government in Tripoli and an internationally recognised government in the east – each backed by coalitions of former rebels and militias.
Egypt will sign three concessional loan agreements with Japan and one with South Korea worth a total of $575 million to finance projects in energy and transportation, an official source familiar with the matter told Ahram Online on Sunday.
The signing of the financial deals comes as part of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s third tour to Asia, which started on Friday.
The loans will be at interest rates of less than one percent, to be repaid over a period of 50 years, including a 10-year grace period.
Japan's lending package includes a $155 million loan to expand Egypt's Borg Al-Arab airport, located about 50km southwest of Alexandria, said an official from Egypt’s International Cooperation Ministry on condition of anonymity.
The package will also include $305 million to boost the capacity of three state-owned electricity distribution companies and for the construction of a 20-MW photovoltaic station in the coastal city of Hurghada on the Red Sea.
“Egypt will also negotiate with Japan preliminary financial pledges of $482 million for the ongoing construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza and $335 million for power generation projects,” said the source.
Seoul will witness the signing of the first South Korean loan to Egypt during El-Sisi's visit, worth $115 million to finance an upgrade of the railway signalling system between the Qena and Luxor governorates in Upper Egypt.
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The government of Japan will issue annual scholarships for 2,500 Egyptian students and interns for five years in order to develop Egyptian human resources and enhance their skills, Egypt's presidency said in a statement on Monday amid an ongoing visit by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to Tokyo.
In an interview with Japanese news outlet Asahi Shimbun published on Saturday, El-Sisi said that he aims to send 100,000 Egyptian students to study in Japan, saying that Tokyo's educational system "stresses discipline."
El-Sisi, who is on a three-nation Asian tour, held talks on Sunday with senior Japanese officials including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito, and gave a speech in front of the Japanese parliament on Monday.
Egypt will sign three concessional loan agreements with Japan, including a $155 million loan to expand Egypt's Borg Al-Arab Airport, located about 50km southwest of Alexandria, a source from Egypt’s International Cooperation Ministry told Ahram Online on Sunday.
株式取得後、当社はデジタルリパブリック社をグローバルネットワーク・ブランド※の1つでデジタル領域のサービスを提供しているIsobar（アイソバー）のネットワークに組み込みます。ブランド呼称を「Digital Republic, Linked by Isobar」（デジタルリパブリック・リンクト・バイ・アイソバー）とし、グループ各社との連携を図りながら、成長市場であるMENA（中近東・北アフリカ）における基盤強化とプレゼンスの向上を目指します。
ダニエル司教は、「村上先生とカリスチャペルの信徒の皆様に、そしてご来場くださった全てのお一人お一人に感謝を申し上げたいと思います。この教会が開かれたとき、村上牧師が山の中の廃屋からスタートされたというお話にとても感銘を受けました。私たちの教会も聖アントニウス（２５１年ごろ〜３５６年、砂漠で生活した最初の修道士とされる）が暮らした砂漠の中からやってきたからです。この教会を皆様の教会だと思い続けてください。そして、いつでもいらっしゃってください。大歓迎です。世界にはいろいろな教会がありますが、神様を信じるということは共通していて、それがあれば違いも乗り越えられると思っています。今日これから行うのは２千年前にできた聖マルコから受け継がれてきた礼拝です。日本で初のコプト正教会の開堂という歴史的な今日、宗派を問わず集まっていただいた皆様と一緒に感謝のお祈りをささげたいと思います」とあいさつした。
礼拝の前に、少女３人がアラビア語の賛美の歌を披露して会衆を歓迎した。
またこの日は、信徒であるエチオピア人とエルトリア人の２組の家族の幼児洗礼が行われた。乳児たちは「In the name of the Father（御父の名によって）」と「the Son（御子）」と「the Holy Spirit（聖霊）」の名を唱えながら３回水に浸され、体の３６カ所に油が塗られた。
その後１１時過ぎからは、たかれた香が立ち込める中、ダニエル司教の司式のもと、英語と日本語とコプト語で聖体礼儀が行われた。この日配られた礼拝式文は３カ国語で書かれており、表紙には「The Coptic Orthodox Liturgy of St.Basil（written in 4th Century）コプト正教会の礼拝（４世紀に聖バジルによって書かれた）」と記述されていた。
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TOKYO, Feb 2, 2017 - ( JCN Newswire ) - [エジプト, カイロ, 2017年2月1日］Fujitsu EMEIA（以下、富士通）は、エジプト政府が初めて手がけるデジタル国勢調査を支援していることを発表しました。今回、富士通は数百台の法人向けタブレット「FUJITSU Tablet STYLISTIC Q555」と、大量のデータ収集および分析のためのデータセンターサービスをエジプト政府に提供します。国勢調査にかかるプロセスの自動化およびデジタル化により、エジプトの全人口およそ9,400万人からのデータ収集および評価にかかる時間を従来より半減し、調査データの正確さと信頼性を向上させる見込みです。
エジプトの国勢調査は5年毎に行われます。2017年の調査は、2月から数ヶ月にわたってエジプトの政府統計局であるCentral Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics（CAPMAS）によって実施されます。国勢調査の最終報告は早ければ2017年7月にも行われる見込みで、この規模の調査では過去最速となります。
The Education Ministry announced in a statement on Tuesday that the Japanese education system Tokkatsu would be applied in 45 Egyptian schools in different governorates, starting this year to 2018.
The Japanese education model succeeded in 12 schools where it was applied in 2016-2017 in Cairo, Giza and Qaliubiya governorates, so the Education Ministry decided to generalize the experience in other schools, said Chairman of the General Education Sector Reda Hegazy.
The Ministry is constructing 55 schools that would operate using the Japanese system starting 2018-2019, according to Hegazy.
Hegazy said in a statement to Al-Shorouk newspaper that the Ministry has not yet determined the admission requirements or the expenses of these schools.
The 45 schools which will operate in the year 2017-2018 include four in Cairo, three in Giza governorate, a school in Qaliubiya, three in Daqahliya, three in Alexandria, one in Matruh, two in Ismailia, three in Beheira, two in the Red Sea, two in Damietta, two in Port Said, three in Sharqiya, one in Gharbiya and others.
The Japanese experience includes 10 activities a day, like the collection of garbage by students once a day in the morning, fixing the order of each student in the morning queue according to their height, respect for the rights of their colleagues, monitoring the daily feeding habits of each student, accustoming each student to assume a responsibility,introducing several breaks between classes, heeding music, arts and painting, spreading awareness of personal hygiene, developing teamwork skills and others.
