FM Shoukry urges EU support to Egypt to ease impacts of global food crisis – Egypt Today

FM Shoukry urges EU support to Egypt to ease impacts of global food crisis – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 21 September 2022: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry affirmed aspiration for the European Union’s support to Egypt to ease the negative impacts of food crisis, a statement by the ministry said. Shoukry made the remarks in a meeting on Wednesday with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Egypt has been impacted with the Russia-Ukraine war given that it used to rely on the two warring countries for 80 percent of its imported wheat. In many occasions, Egyptian officials have highlighted the crisis impacts on the local economy, which is part of the world economy. EU, a major partner for Egypt in numerous fields, allocated earlier this year 100 million euros in immediate relief to Egypt amid the global developments. Shoukry and Borrell consulted on containing the global and food crises and reviewed Egypt’s capabilities to achieve strategic partnership with the EU in the field of energy. This comes in light of Egypt’s position as a regional hub for the exchange, production, and distribution of energy, including liquified natural gas, green hydrogen, and power linkage, the statement said. Shoukry reviewed with Borrell the regional