A Belgian business delegation is visiting Egypt “within days” to discuss investment opportunities in textile industries, Trade Minister Tarek Kabil announced yesterday, according to Al Masry Al Youm. During a meeting with the head of a Belgian textile and furniture manufacturers association Francis Verstraete, Kabil invited the delegation to visit the new Furniture City in Damietta. Verstraete expressed interest in Egypt as a pivotal market in the region, as well as an exporter of the famed Egyptian cotton.