Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amro today kicked off a tour of three Mediterranean nations that will take him to Italy, United Kingdom and Tunisia respectively. During his two-day stay in Italy, Amro will take part in the Mediterranean Forum which gathers eleven countries stationed on the shores of the sea and discuss with the host country's prime and foreign ministers bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of increasing Italian investments and encouraging tourism in Egypt. While in Tunisia, Egypt's foreign minister is scheduled to take part in Syria Friends Conference which will discuss the situation in the Arab country.