🇮🇹🇪🇬 Italy's foreign minister meets with Egyptian officials on migration
Italy's foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo that focused on regional security and the conflict in neighboring Libya, as well as sensitive bilateral issues.
The main topic of talks was illegal migration to Italy. Though Egypt has largely prevented departures of migrant boats from its own north coast since 2016, the number of Egyptian nationals crossing to Europe via Libya has risen sharply.
Tajani said his meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi also covered energy security and economic cooperation in the Mediterranean, but focused "above all" on political instability in Libya and the efforts to stop "irregular immigration" from that country.
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Italy's foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo that focused on regional security and the conflict in neighboring Libya, as well as sensitive bilateral issues.
The main topic of talks was illegal migration to Italy. Though Egypt has largely prevented departures of migrant boats from its own north coast since 2016, the number of Egyptian nationals crossing to Europe via Libya has risen sharply.
Tajani said his meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi also covered energy security and economic cooperation in the Mediterranean, but focused "above all" on political instability in Libya and the efforts to stop "irregular immigration" from that country.
#Italy #Egypt
@africaintel