India and Egypt today discussed opportunities to expand cooperation in key areas such as trade and reaffirmed that bilateral relations are very strong and wide in scope having great potential for expansion. <br/><br/>India's Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya said, last year, India and Egypt had concluded a government to government agreement (G to G) for supply of rice to Egypt at a friendship price. <br/><br/>Bhattacharyya today met with Egyptian Minister for Supply and Internal Trade Supply Ali El Moselhy in Cairo to discuss opportunities for expansion of bilateral cooperation.<br/><br/>During the meeting, the Egyptian minister recalled India's great assistance on that occasion and noted that the bilateral relations are very strong and wide in scope with great potential for expansion.<br/><br/>This G to G agreement was a path-breaking development achieved after several decades and was recognised in the joint statement between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the latter's state visit to India last year.<br/>