All these principles are still firmly-established constants, constituting basic elements of the current Egyptian policy, national and international. We are seeking to realize these principles by all legitimate means, seeking inspiration from the Egyptian people's struggle and the lessons learned from the course of July Revolution with its successes and errors and the nature of the present time and its new challenges driving us into a tough race, which will be won only by those who possess the will and determination and a sound future vision. We believe that our first aim now is to achieve sustainable development at a growth rate escalating to threefold the population growth rate. The burdens of such development should be undertaken by all the segments of the Egyptian people. Arab and foreign capital should contribute to this development, the returns of which should be utilized by all classes of the Egyptian people with no exceptions.
Sustainable development is the cornerstone of independent political decision.
Moreover, balanced development is the optimal way to create productive employment opportunities to accomodate every year half a million youngmen representing Egypt's rising generations. Failing this, it will be imposible to raise Egyptian standard of living, and it will be difficult to realize a true social justice, where the interests of the less able brackets of the community will be taken into consideration. For more than 40 years, Egypt has tried to achieve its development enterprise, relying solely on state efforts. Now, it is a recognized fact, that the influx of investments to Egypt following the success of its economic reform programme, have already achieved massive results. Employment opportunties have expanded, quality of production improved and market competition in favour of consumers grown more and severe.