Minister of International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr said Sunday in a statement to Al-Bawaba News that ministry's joint projects with international financial institutions will witness an accelerating pace in the upcoming period. The minister pointed out that the ministry will focus on housing and sewage treatment sectors, noting that some projects have suffered a bit of a slowdown in implementation during the last period. Nasr explained that the ministry will not agree on new loans, except in a narrow framework and for projects related to development that will bring significant revenues to the state. She added that the implementation of national projects adopted by the state would have a high priority in the upcoming period, in an attempt to boost development.