Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, will hold, during his current visit to Cairo, high-level meetings with the President of the Republic of Egypt, Mr. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Mr. Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Zaki, Minister of Defense, and Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the League of Arab States. "Egypt is an essential partner of the European Union. Our partnership is strong," Borrell said before the start of the official talks with Sisi and other officials, according to Luis Bueno, the European Union's spokesman for the Middle East and North Africa, and published this in his tweet on Twitter on Sunday morning.
A European statement said before Borrell's departure to Cairo on Saturday, "During his visit, the European official will hold bilateral and high-level institutional meetings. The visit will provide an opportunity to review and strengthen the partnership between the European Union and Egypt, as well as cooperation between the European Union and the League of Arab States, and discuss common global and regional challenges, such as migration and energy." Counter-terrorism and food security.
In statements to "Europe and the Arabs" website, Ambassador Badr Abdel-Aty, Egypt's ambassador to Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, said that the relations between the two sides are witnessing a great development during the last period, adding that Egypt is the only country in the region that has successfully completed all the meetings of the six sub-committees of the Association Council between The two sides recently convened in Cairo the Participation Committee that coordinates the work of the sub-committees, and this paves the way for the convening of the Egyptian-European Partnership Council, which is chaired by both the Egyptian Foreign Minister and the European Foreign Policy Coordinator. As well as other visits, which reflects the momentum in relations and will be crowned by holding the Partnership Council between the two sides later this year