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Asian-Afrian business summit an opportunity for business community: Egyptian delegate

Xinhua, April 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Asian-African business summit is a very good platform for business leaders to discuss how to improve and expand their communications and opportunities, an Egyptian entrepreneur said on Tuesday.

"One of the opportunities is to ask for what are the factors and what are the issues that how we can maximize business between any two countries," Mohamed El Esseily told Xinhua.

He made the remarks at the Asian-African Business Summit held ahead of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Asian- African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference.

He said the China-proposed "One Belt and One Road" initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are major topics at the business summit. It's very important as for "mutual benefit," he added.

According to the Indonesian Foreign Ministry, 33 heads of state and government as well as representatives from 77 countries have confirmed their attendance at the summit and the commemoration of the 60th Asian-African Conference later this week. Endi