Cairo - MENA
Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Amr Ramadan
met on Thursday with United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Country
Director and Representative in Egypt GianPietro Bordignon, accompanied by
WFP Regional Emergency Coordinator for Syria and neighboring countries
Muhannad Hadi.
The gathering reviewed WFP activities in Egypt, and providing
additional allocations worth $30 million to Egypt\'s School Nutrition
Programs, Ramadan said after the meeting.
Talks also tackled food aid for Syrian refugees, as an extra budget of
$3.6 million has been set for the purpose of covering the needs of 20,000
Syrian refugees in Egypt.