The president of the European Council will travel to Egypt Charles Michel tomorrow, Saturday, as he said from Washington where he is. Furthermoreasked for Egypt’s supportwhich borders the Gaza Strip, which has been bombarded by Israel since the October 7 attack by Hamas.
“Egypt needs support, so let’s support Egypt“, emphasized Michel who is in the USA to participate later today in a summit at the White House with the American President Joe Biden and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. He clarified that he will travel to Egypt tomorrow to meet with the country’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Michel also expressed his support for President Biden’s “leadership” and reiterated the EU’s support for Israel’s right to “defend itself” under international law. The European official also referred to the “challenge” posed by the possible influx of refugees into Egypt and said that he expects that during today’s summit there will be a “significant exchange of information” on the issue.
Asked if Europe speaks with one voice regarding the Israel-Hamas warMichel stated: “the answer is yes”referring to the common position expressed by European leaders during their conference call on Tuesday night on the issue.
In the meantime Ursula von der Leyen in her speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington emphasized that “we stand with Israel”reiterating that Israel has the right to defend itself in the face of the “horror” committed by Hamas with its attack.
Commenting on him war in Ukraine the President of the Commission stated: “these two crises, as different as they are, call on Europe and America to adopt a common position”, in order to “to protect our democracies».
Source: News Beast
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