Egypt, EU Move to Deepen Strategic Partnership

Egypt, EU eye stronger strategic ties

Gazette staff Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates, Badr Abdel-Aati, on Friday held a high-level telephone call with Dubravka Suica, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, to further consolidate the burgeoning partnership between Cairo and Brussels. The discussions, part of an ongoing consultative framework, focused on the implementation of the Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership and the broader…

Egypt, EU Move to Deepen Strategic Partnership

Egypt and the European Union are seeking to further strengthen their strategic partnership following high-level talks in Cairo between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aati and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas

Egypt expects EU to release 4 billion euros in three tranches

Egypt expects the remaining 4 billion euros of a 5 billion-euro EU aid package to be disbursed by 2027. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced the plan Thursday during a press conference with EU diplomat Kaja Kallas in Cairo. The first tranche, worth 1 billion euros, is expected in the coming days after Egypt’s latest IMF programme reviews. The EU initially pledged 7.4 billion euros in 2024, including 5 billion in concessional loans for Egypt…

EU issues up to $5 billion in loans to Egypt: to increase funding for Palestinian Authority

In a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, earlier today, the EU High Representative Kaja Kallas announced that the EU will be issuing up to €5 billion in loans to Egypt for economic and development and the green transition. In the press conference, the EU High Representative also said that the EU is exploring ways to increase funding for the Palestinian Authority including in the funding and provisions for the training and recruitment of police off…