The migratory, intensifying, is the dominant demand on the agenda of Sunday’s discussions between Europe and Egypt according to the SKAI envoy in Cairo Yiannis Kantelis. The EU attaches great importance in the Euro-Egyptian agreement which is expected to be signed on Sunday in Cairo.

It is indicative that we started with a meeting attended by the European Commission president, the prime minister, the Italian prime minister, and their Belgian counterpart, and added in the last 24 hours the chancellor of Austria and the president of Cyprus, i.e. six European leaders will discuss with him Fatah al-Sisi a holistic agreement based on migration to avoid the creation of a new migration corridor from Africa to Europe with Greece as the first stop, which is obviously of interest to Athens.

The signing of the very important agreement expected on Sunday at 5 pm.

The Egyptian economy needs support, and a brave one is on the table European package of 7.4 billion euros according to information from Brussels. Loans, financing and investments will also fall on the table. There will also be a discussion to hold an investment conference for Egypt at the end of the year to support its economy and its young people to support themselves and not leave the country, with Egypt takes responsibility to better guard its borders and accept migrant returns.

Energy issues are also on the table, while there will also be an official meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Fatah Al Sisi, After all, Greece was the first to highlight Egypt’s strategic role in the region and the strategic relationship that Europe has with it, while energy concerns both Greece and Europe, with the interconnection through the submarine cable with the transfer of clean energy from Egypt initially to our country and from there to Europe to it is a project that has also been intensified in European programming.

The Prime Minister’s program in detail

Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit Cairo with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leynen, the prime minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croix, the president of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, the chancellor of Austria, Karl Neuhammer, and the prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni.

  • At 13:15 the Prime Minister will have a bilateral meeting with the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi.
  • It will take place at 14:30 meeting of European leaders with the president of Egypt and will be followed by extended talks of the countries’ delegations.
  • At 17:15 the leaders will make statements to the press.