EU-Arab summit in Cairo to review cooperation issues

CAIRO - 20 September 2018: The EU-Arab summit will be held in Egypt to review several Arab-European cooperation issues, not just immigration issues, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

Ahmed Abu Zeid said the venue of the summit has been set in advance in line with Resolutions no 147 and 148 of the Arab League Council and Resolution 691 of the 2017 Arab summit which was held in Jordan's Dead Sea.

Abu Zeid made the remarks in response to questions by diplomatic editors about recent statements by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Maria Mogherini and European Council President Donald Tusk in this regard