Egypt–Poland relations refers to the relationship between
Egypt and
Poland. Egypt has an embassy in
Warsaw whilst Poland has an embassy in
Cairo. Both countries are members of the
Union for the Mediterranean
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM; french: Union pour la Méditerranée, ar, الإتحاد من أجل المتوسط ''Al-Ittiḥād min ajl al-Mutawasseṭ'') is an intergovernmental organization of 43 member states from Europe and the M ...
,
World Trade Organization and the
United Nations.
History
20th century
The Embassy of Poland in
Cairo was opened in 1927, and an honorary consulate in
Alexandria was founded in 1933.
On 4 September 1939, Egypt broke off diplomatic relations with Germany in response to the German
invasion of Poland, which started
World War II.
The mufti of Poland,
Jakub Szynkiewicz
Jakub Szynkiewicz (April 16, 1884 – November 1, 1966) was a Doctor of Philosophy as well as Oriental Studies, chosen as the first mufti of the newly independent Poland in 1925.
Biography
Jakub Szynkiewicz was born to a Tatar family on 16 Apr ...
,
one of Poland's famous Muslims, had settled in Egypt when
Poland fell to the communists in 1946, until 1952 coup d'etats when he left to emigrate to the
United States.
On May 18, 1948, during the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
, Egyptian aircraft bombed a Polish ship in
Tel Aviv. The Polish ambassador to Egypt launched a complaint in response.
In 1956, Poland supported Egyptian nationalization of the
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The long canal is a popular ...
. Afterwards Egypt invited 12 Polish shipping pilots to work at the canal after British specialists left. In 1956, a Polish Ocean Lines agency was established in
Port Said
Port Said ( ar, بورسعيد, Būrsaʿīd, ; grc, Πηλούσιον, Pēlousion) is a city that lies in northeast Egypt extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal. With an approximate population of 6 ...
, and 17 Poles were employed in the Egyptian fleet. Poland conducted professional courses for Egyptian Navy officers in
Gdynia. After a scientific and technical cooperation treaty was signed between Egypt and Poland in 1965, Polish specialists migrated to Egypt, and Egyptian students to Poland. Poles either built or expanded multiple industrial factories in Egypt in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1970s, a Polish contingent participated in the
UNEF II
The Second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) was established by United Nations General Assembly, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 340 (1973), to supervise the ceasefire between Egyptian and Israeli forces at the ...
peacekeeping mission in Egypt.
Recent history
In September 2021, Poland donated over 100,000
COVID-19 vaccine
A COVID19 vaccine is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID19).
Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, an e ...
s to Egypt.
See also
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Foreign relations of Egypt
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Foreign relations of Poland
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Egypt–EU relations
References
Bibliography
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
Bilateral relations of Poland