EU Commission Vice-President to Visit Cairo Tomorrow

The Vice-President of the European Union Commission, Margaritis Schinas, will arrive in Egypt, Sunday, on a three-day visit.

In a statment, EU commission stressed that this visit is an opportunity to deepen cooperation between the European Union and Egypt in the fields of skills, education and mobility, and to discuss concrete steps at the political and practical level to address common challenges related to migration management.

During the visit, EU official will hold a series of high-level meetings with Egyptian officials and government representatives, including Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Hassan Shehata, Minister of Manpower, Reda Hegazy, Minister of Education and Technical Education, and Alaa Abdel Moati Assistant Minister of Interior.

Within the framework of promoting dialogue between religions, Schinas will meet with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, according to the statment.