Hungarian minister addresses Hungarian-Egyptian rectors conference in Cairo

The mission of higher education is to help people understand each other better, the minister for culture and innovation said in Cairo on Sunday.

In a speech opening the Hungarian-Egyptian Rectors Conference, János Csák noted the two countries’s long-standing cooperation in archeology.

He pointed to the importance of cooperation in facing technological and demographic challenges impacting societies and economies.

Establishing cooperation and working communities is a key element of Hungary’s education policy, he said, and welcomed the chance to expand scientific cooperation with Egypt.

Mohamed Ayman Ashour, Egypt’s minister for higher education and scientific research, also addressed the opening of the conference.

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