The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni on an official visit to Cairo to sign a series of bilateral agreements with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as part of the Mattei Plan for Africa.
The Prime Minister was welcomed by the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities and the Ambassador to Cairo, Michele Quaroni. Meloni, before being received at the Presidential Palace.
Also with the prime minister was a delegation of European leaders, including the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo, the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer and the Cypriot president, Nikos Christodoulidis.
In fact, an EU-Egypt meeting was organized in Cairo with Al-Sisi to create a "global and strategic partnership", with a total allocation in favor of Cairo, between loans and grants, of 7.4 billion until 2027.
The objective is to accompany Egypt's economic and social reforms, contribute to mitigating the impact of the current crises taking place in Africa and the Middle East and support Egypt in strengthening its land and maritime border control capabilities to face the migrant emergency.
"Achieving a qualitative improvement in cooperation and coordination between the parties for the realization of mutual interests" is the aim of the agreement between the European Union and Egypt, explained President Al Sisi.
(Unioneonline/lf)
