By: Ahmed Mohamed Tawfik
CAIRO, Feb. 21 (SEE) - Despite Egypt's
busy agenda after being the chairman of the African Union in 2019, Sharm
El-Sheikh resort city will host the Arab-European Summit next week. The summit
will be hold under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and EU
leaders will attend such as European Council Chairman Donald Tusk, EU
Commission Chief Jean-Claude Juncker, in addition to a number of senior leaders
from Arab world and Europe.
The summit's timing provides a
golden opportunity for dialogue on many issues of common concern, especially
the fight against terrorism and illegal immigration. Perhaps the link between
the two issues is growing stronger recently especially after talks circulating
among political circles about ISIS defeat.
There are many doubts over the
destiny of this terrorist organization which embraces nearly 1000 European
nationals. European countries made their decisions and decided not to allow
them return back to Europe.
In other words, those terrorists
will resort to illegal migration to enter their home countries or flee to other
neighboring countries where they can hide well from security apparatuses.
The impending defeat of ISIS
forces the international parties participating in the Arab-European Summit to be
responsible for finding unified mechanisms to undermine the ability of this
terrorist organization which may seek to regain its strength and re-exercise
its criminal activities.
The summit shall tackle another
important issue, development.
On the Egyptian side, the illegal
migration from Egypt to Europe was declined as a direct result of the national
projects in many sectors which provide the society with a large number of job
opportunities.
Moreover, the unemployment rate
was declined too to be 10 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year
compared to, compared to 11.9 percent in the same period last year.
We can assume that the citizens'
living standards were enhanced and the education system is being developed too
to raise the people's awareness and counter extremism.
I am certain that the
understanding of the leaders of the Arab-European Summit on the seriousness of
the trans-Mediterranean challenges in the current period will lead them to take
a "frank approach" when discussing the various issues and reaching a
point of view.
Meeting and addressing problems
requires collective action and international effort. Dangers of terrorism and
illegal migration exist world widely like an octopus so they must be
eradicated.
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