{"id":104095,"date":"2025-12-03T11:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=104095"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:41:20","slug":"egypt-pitches-suez-canal-gwadar-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/egypt-pitches-suez-canal-gwadar-corridor.html","title":{"rendered":"Egypt pitches Suez Canal\u2013Gwadar commercial corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Egypt has proposed the creation of a commercial corridor linking the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) with Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar Port, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said during his visit to Islamabad on Sunday. The move is part of Cairo\u2019s broader strategy to expand its logistics and industrial footprint in South Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdelatty discussed the proposal in a meeting with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, where both sides explored ways to strengthen economic and investment cooperation. The discussions included facilitating linkages between the SCZONE and Gwadar, as well as the possibility of localising value-added industries within the Egyptian zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan seeks to connect two significant nodes of global maritime trade. The SCZONE\u2014a 455-square-kilometre special economic area spanning six ports along the Suez Canal\u2014handles nearly 12% of global trade and serves as a key gateway to African and European markets. Gwadar, operated by the China Overseas Port Holding Company, is the flagship deep-sea port of the USD 62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/list-of-250-top-businesses-to-be-shared-with-egypt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of 250 top businesses to be shared with Egypt to boost trade<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A commercial route connecting the two hubs could offer a more streamlined flow of goods from China and Central Asia through the Arabian Sea to the Mediterranean, aligning with the \u201cMaritime Silk Road\u201d component of China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal formed part of wider talks on strengthening bilateral economic ties. Both countries also discussed developing a joint action plan between Egypt\u2019s General Authority for Investment and Free Zones and Pakistan\u2019s Board of Investment. Additionally, they underscored the need to reactivate the Joint Business Council to support private-sector partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, Abdelatty highlighted Egypt\u2019s recent economic reforms\u2014including adopting a flexible exchange rate and tightening monetary policies\u2014which he said have improved the country\u2019s credit rating and created a more favourable investment climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Egypt has proposed the creation of a commercial corridor linking the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) with Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar Port, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said during his visit to Islamabad on Sunday. The move is part of Cairo\u2019s broader strategy to expand its logistics and industrial footprint in South Asia. Abdelatty discussed the proposal in a meeting with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, where both sides explored ways to strengthen economic and investment cooperation. The discussions included facilitating linkages between the SCZONE and Gwadar, as well as the possibility of localising value-added industries within the Egyptian zone. The plan seeks to connect two significant nodes of global maritime trade. The SCZONE\u2014a 455-square-kilometre special economic area spanning six ports along the Suez Canal\u2014handles nearly 12% of global trade and serves as a key gateway to African and European markets. Gwadar, operated by the China Overseas Port Holding Company, is the flagship deep-sea port of the USD 62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Read: List of 250 top businesses to be shared with Egypt to boost trade A commercial route connecting the two hubs could offer a more streamlined flow of goods from China and Central Asia through the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":103663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[69655,6985,3886,61059,69651,2412,69654,63392,69653,69656,65732,69650,69652],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-badr-abdelatty","9":"tag-belt-and-road-initiative","10":"tag-cpec","11":"tag-economic-cooperation","12":"tag-egypt-pakistan-relations","13":"tag-gwadar-port","14":"tag-investment-ties","15":"tag-ishaq-dar","16":"tag-logistics-corridor","17":"tag-maritime-silk-road","18":"tag-regional-trade","19":"tag-sczone","20":"tag-suez-canal-economic-zone","21":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Egypt pitches Suez Canal\u2013Gwadar trade corridor - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A commercial route connecting the two hubs could offer a more streamlined flow of goods from China and Central Asia through the Arabian...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/egypt-pitches-suez-canal-gwadar-corridor.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt pitches Suez Canal\u2013Gwadar trade corridor - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A commercial route connecting the two hubs could offer a more streamlined flow of goods from China and Central Asia through the Arabian...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/egypt-pitches-suez-canal-gwadar-corridor.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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