{"id":8994,"date":"2026-09-04T09:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/8994\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:46:16","slug":"egypt-turkey-agree-to-cooperate-on-defence-industries-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/8994\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt, Turkey agree to cooperate on defence industries \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Salah Soliman Gembalat and Turkey\u2019s deputy defence minister witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday between Egyptian and Turkish companies to cooperate in the defence industries sector.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU was signed by Egypt\u2019s Heliopolis Chemical Industries Company (Military Factory 81) and Helwan Company for Engineering Industries (Military Factory 99), both affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production, and Turkey\u2019s Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE).<\/p>\n<p>The signing took place on the sidelines of the First Balkan Shield Industrial Expo and Summit 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina\u2019s first international defence industry exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by the Egyptian ministry, the MoU was signed \u201cas part of the Ministry of Military Production\u2019s efforts to expand its industrial partnerships with friendly countries and strengthen international cooperation in areas of common interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260828-israeli-report-egypt-may-acquire-russian-s-400-missiles-through-deal-with-turkey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli report: Egypt may acquire Russian S-400 missiles through deal with Turkey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gembalat said the signing \u201copens new opportunities for industrial partnership\u201d between the ministry\u2019s affiliated companies and their Turkish counterparts, in line with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi\u2019s directives to build strategic partnerships with friendly countries.<\/p>\n<p>He said the cooperation would draw on the two sides\u2019 advanced expertise and capabilities in the defence industries, allowing them to exchange technical and technological expertise and make use of their available manufacturing capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Turkey\u2019s deputy defence minister said Egyptian-Turkish relations were developing, stressing the two countries\u2019 commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in pursuit of their shared interests.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the progress made by Egypt\u2019s defence industries, noting that Turkey is one of the world\u2019s leading countries in defence manufacturing and is keen to strengthen cooperation with friendly countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260902-natural-gas-corridors-and-security-why-turkey-wants-egypt-in-the-mecca-pact\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natural gas, corridors, and security: Why Turkey wants Egypt in the Mecca Pact<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Salah Soliman Gembalat and Turkey\u2019s deputy defence minister witnessed the signing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-8994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-defence-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}