Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua on Thursday held bilateral talks with Egypt minister of foreign affairs Sameh Shoukry on ways to enhance the social, political and economic cooperation.
In a statement, Mutua said the two countries have agreed on exporting wheat, Macadamia and coffee to Egypt.
"In line with the vision of the African Continental Free Trade Area, we agreed on Free visa entry for diplomatic and official passports of both countries from April 1 of this year and to start and finalize discussions towards a free visa regime for ordinary passports by October 1," he said.
Mutua said that Kenya will import fertilizer from Egypt and will also support Kenya's Sh15 billion tree initiative through dam and borehole construction.
"We welcomed Egyptian investors to take advantage of our PPP (public-private partnership) system to build roads, light rail and other infrastructure as we organize an investor's forum. Egypt also welcomed Kenyan investors to invest in Egypt," he said.
He said that Egypt has agreed to offer Kenyan students scholarships in various including mechanized agriculture, water, marine engineering and health.
"The ongoing unease between Egypt and other nations due to the principles of sharing waters of the Nile. Kenya will play a consistent role in finding a lasting solution that is beneficial to all," he said.
He said that Kenya could soon be selling green hydrogen to Egypt.
He said that they agreed to hold the seventh Kenya-Egypt Joint Commission for Cooperation to solidify and expand trade deals.
