President opens Arab-European summit in Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh on Thursday, where he will head European Council President Donald Tusk for the launch of the Arab-European summit on Sunday night.

The summit, which will be held for the first time, will address many political and economic issues and issues related to economic and social development, including the Palestinian question and ways to achieve a just and comprehensive peace, as well as discuss Syria, Libya, Yemen and Arab, European and international efforts to find political solutions to these crises. Economic and cultural cooperation between Arab and European countries and discuss common challenges between the two sides, such as the fight against terrorism, illegal immigration, trafficking in human beings and arms trafficking.

The presence of the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, Estonian Prime Minister Yuri Ratas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, John Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Federica Mugreni, High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy , the Vice-President of the European Commission and many European and Arab leaders, And it is planned to start flocking to Sharm el-Sheikh to attend the events.

This summit is an opportunity to examine ways to strengthen economic and cultural cooperation between Arab and European countries, in particular because European countries contribute to the international coalition against Da'Ass and the division of troops in Afghanistan and in Iraq.

In a similar context, a senior British government official said Prime Minister Theresa May would hold bilateral talks with EU leaders at the summit. This official, who was not named, told Reuters: "This is not a meeting on the exit of Britain from the EU.And the Prime Minister will not look for to do so, he will always hold at the summits a series of bilateral meetings and discussions and will of course continue to dialogue with his fellow European leaders on the exit of Britain. "" But this is not a meeting of the European Council and a place where decisions of the European Council are taken. "

According to a European diplomatic source quoted by the European News Agency, the summit would include a high-level European presence, with the participation of the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, the Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mugreni, and several leaders of the EU Member States.

The head of the delegation of the Commission of the European Union in Cairo, Ambassador Ivan Sorcush, confirmed that 24 heads of state and government of EU member countries would participate in the Mountain peak.

"European leaders are very interested in strengthening cooperation with our Arab neighbors," he said in a tweet via his Twitter account.

"Twenty-four ministers and prime ministers from 28 Member States of the European Union will participate in Sharm el-Sheikh this week to participate in the first summit of the European Union and the Arab League", he adds.

Ambassador Rauf Saad, Secretary-General of the Arab-European Summit, said the summit is of particular importance in every respect, not only because it is being held for the first time, but also in a timely manner.

He added that the summit to be held Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh will take place in exceptional circumstances in the Arab region and in the countries of the European Union, conditions that have required the convening of this summit, which combines challenges and growing interests between the Arab and European parties. The challenges are illegal migration, the fight against terrorism and other negative phenomena that dictate the inevitability of cooperation and partnership between the two parties.

He stressed that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had declared that no country could meet these challenges alone and that, therefore, cooperation was imposed and not optional.

The Secretary-General of the Arab-European Summit stressed that the root causes of these problems are the realization of economic and social development and other efforts to stop these negative phenomena.

He pointed out that files representing the European Union were particularly important and that therefore regional and international cooperation was needed, adding that the European Union needed the region to provide the necessary information. energy and so she needed a partner in the area.

He continued: "All things and conditions make Egypt a model partner capable of playing the role not only of serving certain parties, but also of serving the region as a whole and laying new foundations for relations between countries. Arab States and the European Union.

He pointed out that the European Union had enormous interests in the Arab region, which needed to cooperate with the countries of the region to fight against the negative phenomena and develop its relations, especially with the region. Egypt, which enjoys a special status due to expectations and international economic reports, is one of the largest exporters of natural gas at a time when diversify its sources of energy.

He pointed out the steps taken by Egypt in the context of the economic reform program and the relations between Europe and Egypt, which are also strategic and which make the summit a good opportunity to diagnose the problems of the two regions and consider ways to solve them.

The secretary-general of the Arab-European summit said that all European countries and the countries of the Union will participate in the summit, as well as all member states of the League of Arab States, and that the level of representation at the summit has exceeded all expectations, confirming that we are not at a normal peak.

Arabs and Europeans have a long history rich in cultural, economic, trade and political exchanges, as well as geographical proximity and interdependence, which have contributed to the establishment of strong relations between the Union and the European Union. European Union and the League of Arab States.

It is in this spirit that the common goal is to develop closer cooperation in order to achieve common hopes for peace, security and prosperity in both regions.

The League of Arab States is the only Arab group that includes all Arab countries and is the equivalent of the main regional European Union of the Arab world.