Egyptian-UK negotiations to reach new partnership deal – Egypttoday

Egyptian-UK negotiations to reach new partnership deal – Egypttoday

CAIRO - 17 January 2020: Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Badr Abdel Aati had talks Friday with a high-level British delegation, under the UK chief negotiator for the Middle East and North Africa, on reaching a new partnership deal between the two countries.. The third round of negotiations brought together all ministries and parties concerned from Egypt and Britain.. In December, British Ambassador to Egypt Geoffrey Adams celebrated the arrival of the first direct flight from Britain to South Sinai's Sharm el-Sheikh after a ban that had been imposed since 2015 over a plane crash was lifted.. "The British Embassy team was at Sharm el Sheikh airport this evening to welcome a direct flight from the UK," Adams wrote on his Twitter account.. In October, Adams said in "Al Hekaya" talk show that after the ban lift on flights from the UK to Sharm El Sheikh Airport both Egypt and the UK "can promote Sharm El Sheikh as a happy holiday destination.. Adams stated that nearly half a million British tourists will visit Egypt this year. ".