Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi gave directives on Sunday to develop a flexible and appropriate marketing policy for the Suez Canal to cope with the global economic conditions.

El-Sisi’s remarks came during his meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Presidential Adviser for national projects Sherif Ismail, President of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabei, President of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), and others, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.

The new marketing policy should take into account achieving a balance between the rates of maritime traffic in the canal and the negative impacts of the global outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to including attractive services to transiting vessels, especially in the developed and upgraded Ain Sokhna, eastern Port Said, and Berenice ports.

The meeting also reviewed the performance of the SCA, and the projects of the SCZone, he added