Shoukry: Egypt Building a Platform to Export East Med Gas to Europe

On Sunday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that Egypt has demonstrated its reliability as an effective partner that can address all the challenges they jointly face in a positive and objective manner.

“We are happy to continue to promote this relationship for best and trust for all sides. We see the development and intensification of the relationship on the all levels,” Shoukry added.

The top diplomat added, during his word at the ninth session of the EU-Egypt Association Council in Luxemburg, that Egypt will build a platform to export eastern Mediterranean gas to Europe.

Shoukry added that Egypt is looking forward to continuing the discussions with the Foreign Ministers of the association on Monday for an in-depth dialogue related to the bilateral relation and to the regional and global conditions, and on certainly on the economic consequences as the global economies are facing is very severe.

Shoukry continued that Egypt will be a productive partner through its creation of the eastern Mediterranean gas hub and the ability to provide energy reliably and consistently and also in the area of renewable and cleaner energy.

He continued that Egypt is embarking on hosting the Cop 27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh, adding that during the conference Egypt would launch the varieties and regional and global initiatives. He added that Egypt, during the COP 27 agenda, will promote its ability to be a major producer of green energy whether wind, solar or hydrogen.