On August 28 2019, President Mitsuo Ochi and Executive Vice President Toshiyuki Sato had a meeting with H. E. Mr. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt at TICAD7(Tokyo International Conference on African Development) held in Yokohama.
From the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Prof. Dr. Khaled Atef Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, H.E. Mr. Ayman Aly Kamel, Ambassador of Egypt to Japan, and Mr. Masaki Noke, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Egypt also joined the meeting.

In the meeting, President Ochi explained that Hiroshima University (HU) has been propelling the cooperation with Egypt since he became president in 2015, and has been achieving international exchange between Japan and Egypt. President el-Sisi expressed his expectations that HU will expand the academic exchange between the two countries even further.

Hiroshima University is planning to send teachers and help create curriculum to Galala University, a new establishing university led by the President of Egypt. Furthermore, HU is planning to welcome about 100 students from Egypt every year and will propel the cooperation with Egypt actively.

• TICAD7 Outcome documents (Uploaded on August 30th)