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TunisiaEU Commissioner Neven Mimica visits Egypt in the framework of Egypt’s chairmanship of the African Union
Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, is on official visit to Egypt. Between February 2019 until January 2020, Egypt is chairing the African Union.
During his visit, Commissioner Mimica is meeting President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry, and Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr.
Commissioner Mimica‘s visit to Egypt is an occasion to discuss Africa-Europe partnership and related support to the African Union agenda, in particular in relation to taking forward commitments of the 5th AU-EU Summit of 2017 and building on priorities of the Egyptian Chairmanship. The Commissioner presented concrete plans for putting into practice the new Africa-Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs.
The cooperation between the EU, Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa was also discussed in relation to addressing peace and security challenges in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa.
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