Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan held a meeting Tuesday with Huawei Egypt CEO Vincent Sun to discuss ways of boosting joint cooperation in the field of communications and information technology.

The minister called for activating a cooperation protocol between the two sides to raise the efficiency of Egyptian engineers and help them set up startups that could cooperate later with Huawei.

He stressed that his ministry is keen on developing and modernizing the country's technological system in line with Egypt Vision 2030.

Vincent, meanwhile, invited Saafan to attend a ceremony to be held by the company on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its operation in Egypt.