The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, called for closer relations between the EU and Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday 18 June.
“The bilateral relations with Egypt are of strategic importance for the European Union. They have been growing, they have to continue [growing]”, he stressed at a press conference with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry.
“On the economy and trade, we stand ready to upgrade the already...