Egyptian Minister of Defence Industry looks to deepen defence cooperation with Vietnam
WVR - On November 12, Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Nam Duong held a meeting with Egyptian Minister of Defence Industry Salah Soliman Gomblat at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence Industry in Cairo.
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| Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Nam Duong and Egyptian Minister of Defence Industry Salah Soliman Gomblat. (Source: Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt) |
The meeting was attended by members of the Egyptian Defence Industry Committee, leaders of several functional units of the Ministry of Defence Industry, and diplomatic staff from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cairo.
During the meeting, both sides discussed the status of Vietnam-Egypt defence cooperation in recent times, particularly since the two countries upgraded their relationship framework to a Comprehensive Partnership in August 2025. They also explored potential areas to expand defence industry cooperation between the two nations. Minister Salah Soliman Gomblat welcomed Vietnam's plan to open a Defence Attaché Office in Cairo in the near future.
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| Scene of the meeting. (Source: Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt) |
On this occasion, Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong also provided information about the upcoming third Vietnam Defence Exhibition to be held in Hanoi (December 2026) under the theme “Peace, Friendship, Cooperation for Development”. He reiterated Vietnam's invitation for the Egyptian Ministry of Defence Industry to participate in the event.
Minister Salah Soliman Gomblat confirmed that he would lead a delegation from the Egyptian Ministry of Defence Industry to attend the Exhibition in Hanoi. He emphasised that participating in the Exhibition is a concrete activity to implement the agreements reached between the leaders of the two countries during the visit of the President of Vietnam to Egypt in August 2025, aiming to promote increasingly practical and effective bilateral defence cooperation.
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| Delegates taking a group photo. (Source: Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt) |
Minister Salah Soliman Gomblat also expressed his desire that during this Exhibition visit, the delegation from the Egyptian Ministry of Defence Industry will also visit and work with several Vietnamese defence production facilities, enterprises, and industrial corporations. This aims to understand capabilities, exchange experiences, and identify specific cooperation opportunities, thereby contributing positively to the development of the Vietnam-Egypt Comprehensive Partnership in general and cooperation in the production of security and defence products, especially high-tech defense products, between the two countries in particular.
(Source: Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt)
