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Middle East
16-07-2025
- Business
- Middle East
OPEN// FM lauds EU's commitment to bolstering coop. with South-Med countries
CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty applauded the European Union's commitment to promoting cooperation with South-Mediterranean countries, stressing Egypt's keenness to enhance its strategic relations with the EU in the various fields. Addressing the 5th EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting held in Brussels on Monday, Abdelatty also highlighted the importance of fostering economic, trade, investment, and cultural ties between the EU and the southern neighboring countries, supporting human development, and working to provide new sources of development finance. He also called for enhancing cooperation in the areas of industry, energy, food and water security, ICT, technology transfer, and Artificial Intelligence. Abdelatty said Egypt gives top priority to consolidating regional security and stability through the peaceful settlement of disputes, in line with the principles of international law and UN resolutions, emphasizing the need for the Palestinian people to attain their legitimate right to establish an independent Palestinian state on the June 4th, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. The meeting in Brussels aimed to discuss the latest developments related to the imminent launch of a new charter for regional cooperation in the Mediterranean. (MENA) M A A/R G E
Maroc
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Maroc
FM Holds Several Bilateral Meetings During EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, held, on Monday in Brussels, a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of his participation in the 5th EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting. The minister, accompanied mainly by Morocco's ambassador and permanent representative to the EU, Ahmed Reda Chami, held talks with the European Commissioner for Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, discussing the means of strengthening the partnership between Morocco and the EU. The meeting focused on Morocco's commitment to the New Pact for the Mediterranean, designed to provide fresh impetus to the partnership between the two shores of the Mediterranean, as part of the EU's neighbourhood policy. Bourita also held talks with the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, where the two officials discussed the strategic partnership between Morocco and the EU, as well as various regional and international issues of common interest. Subsequently, Bourita held talks with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, with whom he reviewed bilateral cooperation ties and examined ways of developing them further, within the framework of constant dialogue and consultation between the two countries. Bourita also held talks with several of his peers on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting, mainly including the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt and Slovenia. The 5th EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting aims to exchange perspectives on the New Pact for the Mediterranean, which is set to be presented in the next fall, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration. MAP:14 July 2025
