WASHINGTON: European Council President Charles Michel will go to Egypt on Saturday the place he name for assist for the nation, which borders the war-torn Gaza Strip, he mentioned Thursday.
“Egypt wants assist, so let’s assist Egypt,” mentioned Michel, who’s in Washington to attend a summit with US President Joe Biden and European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday.
He added that he would meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi throughout his weekend go to.
As well as, Michel will attend at Sisi’s invitation a “convention on the present developments within the Center East, Palestine and the Peace Course of,” mentioned his spokesperson, Ecaterina Casinge.
Accompanying Michel to Egypt will likely be Josep Borrell, the EU’s overseas coverage chief, Casinge mentioned.
Von der Leyen introduced earlier within the week in Tirana that the European Union would open a humanitarian air hall to the Gaza Strip.
Michel gave sturdy assist to President Biden, who visited Israel on Wednesday and mentioned he had obtained permission from Cairo to let some 20 vans carrying humanitarian support by means of, and reiterated the EU’s assist for Israel’s proper “to defend itself” in accordance with worldwide legislation.
The Israeli military and the Hamas militant motion in Gaza are blaming one another for the lethal strike on Gaza’s Ahli Arab hospital.
Lengthy-awaited humanitarian support for Palestinians stranded within the Gaza Strip is ready to start out flowing on Friday, Egyptian media reported on Thursday, on the thirteenth day of a lethal struggle between Israel and Hamas, triggered by the Palestinian group’s assault on Israel on October 7.
The European chief went on to emphasize the “problem” posed by the potential inflow of refugees into Egypt, and mentioned he anticipated an “essential trade of data” on the topic on Friday at an US-EU summit in Washington.
Requested whether or not Europe was talking with one voice, he replied: “The reply is sure,” citing the unified place expressed by European leaders throughout a videoconference on Tuesday night.
The casual European summit aimed to make clear the European place after a sequence of criticisms of the message despatched by the President of the European Fee throughout her latest go to to Israel.
“We stand with Israel,” Von der Leyen mentioned in a speech to the Hudson Institute think-tank in Washington Thursday, repeating that the nation had a proper to defend itself within the face of the “horror” dedicated by Hamas in its assault.
“Egypt wants assist, so let’s assist Egypt,” mentioned Michel, who’s in Washington to attend a summit with US President Joe Biden and European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday.
He added that he would meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi throughout his weekend go to.
As well as, Michel will attend at Sisi’s invitation a “convention on the present developments within the Center East, Palestine and the Peace Course of,” mentioned his spokesperson, Ecaterina Casinge.
Accompanying Michel to Egypt will likely be Josep Borrell, the EU’s overseas coverage chief, Casinge mentioned.
Von der Leyen introduced earlier within the week in Tirana that the European Union would open a humanitarian air hall to the Gaza Strip.
Michel gave sturdy assist to President Biden, who visited Israel on Wednesday and mentioned he had obtained permission from Cairo to let some 20 vans carrying humanitarian support by means of, and reiterated the EU’s assist for Israel’s proper “to defend itself” in accordance with worldwide legislation.
The Israeli military and the Hamas militant motion in Gaza are blaming one another for the lethal strike on Gaza’s Ahli Arab hospital.
Lengthy-awaited humanitarian support for Palestinians stranded within the Gaza Strip is ready to start out flowing on Friday, Egyptian media reported on Thursday, on the thirteenth day of a lethal struggle between Israel and Hamas, triggered by the Palestinian group’s assault on Israel on October 7.
The European chief went on to emphasize the “problem” posed by the potential inflow of refugees into Egypt, and mentioned he anticipated an “essential trade of data” on the topic on Friday at an US-EU summit in Washington.
Requested whether or not Europe was talking with one voice, he replied: “The reply is sure,” citing the unified place expressed by European leaders throughout a videoconference on Tuesday night.
The casual European summit aimed to make clear the European place after a sequence of criticisms of the message despatched by the President of the European Fee throughout her latest go to to Israel.
“We stand with Israel,” Von der Leyen mentioned in a speech to the Hudson Institute think-tank in Washington Thursday, repeating that the nation had a proper to defend itself within the face of the “horror” dedicated by Hamas in its assault.
