Endorsing eight Egyptian - Turkish accords

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Turkish President Suleiman Demirel witnessed the endorsing of eight agreements between Egypt and Turkey.

The first agreement was about exporting Egyptian natural gas to Turkey under the chairmanship of Egyptian Petroleum Minister Hamdy El-Banby and Turkish deputy minister of petroleum, energy and natural resources.

The second agreement calls for cooperation between the two countries' foreign ministers signed by Egyptian FM Amr Moussa and his Turkish counterpart, Ismail Cem.

The third agreement tackled cooperation between Egypt and Turkey in fields of combating crime, signed by Moussa and Cem.

The fourth agreement tackles cooperation in the fields of health and housing, signed by the two countries' ministers of health.

The fifth agreement called for carrying out the free trade accord between the 2 two countries signed, by Mohammed Mahdi Fatth Allah, Egypt's ambassador in Ankara, and Ikud Teshtrga, the Turkish ambassador in Cairo.

Mubarak and Demirel also witnessed the endorsing of three additional agreements for cooperation between Egypt and Turkey in the fields of agriculture, customs and securing exports.