Prof. Dr. Mohamed Safi, Dean of the Faculty, received the professors of the University of Lyon (3) who teach in the French division of the faculty, where he discussed with them some issues related to the division and how to develop it. The meeting was attended by Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Shafei, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, and Prof. Dr. Yassin El-Shazly, The Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, Prof. Dr. Khaled Hamdi, Director of the French Department and former Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Ahmed Dahoum, Director of the English Division at the Faculty, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa, Director of the International Cooperation Office at the Faculty, and Dr. Hatem Al-Abd, teacher of public international law at the faculty.

It is worth noting that the two parties had earlier chosen a new name for the division, IFED, which is an acronym for Institut Franco-Egyptien de Droit.