he American Chamber of Commerce in Cairo’s Door-Knocking delegation concluded its 40th visit to Washington after holding 87 meetings with various executive and decision-making bodies in the United States. It also met with American and international research centres and international economic and financial organisations.
Anis Aklemendos, AmCham president and head of the mission, said that these meetings included 54 meetings within the Congress, and nine meetings with executive bodies, including the Department of Defence and State Treasury, and group of financial institutions,including the US Import and Export Bank.
He added that the delegation held meetings with international organisations such as the World Bank, OPEC, and USAID, as well as a group of American thinkers and writers at George Washington University and The New York Times.
He revealed the delegation held 16 meetings with American and international research bodies to present what is happening in Egypt now clearly before the American public and global opinion. It tended to justify all the steps taken by Egypt over the past period that received an incorrect estimate or misunderstanding by these institutions.
He emphasised the success of this year delegation in achieving its objectives, especially with the accession of youth to the delegation, which led to witnessing easy communication with the decision-making circles in the United States.
He also stressed that President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s recent visit to Washington in April opened all doors closed to the delegation and paved the way to consolidate the economic and non-economic gains expected to be achieved from this delegation.
A delegation of 35 Egyptian Chamber of Commerce members, headed by Anis Aclimandos, and Omar Mohanna, head of the Egyptian side of the Egyptian-US Business Council, has participated in this year’s delegation. It also included a group of Egyptian media figures specialized in economic affairs.
This year’s delegation comprised a group of 35 Egyptian investors who have direct working relations with the US market.
