Cairo - A joint report released on Monday by the European Commission and the European External Action Service looks at the partnership between the EU and Egypt for the period 2015-2017. It assesses the achievements and policy developments in Egypt over the past two years and notes the EU's active support to the country in a wide range of critical areas including socio-economic development, education, health, energy, transport, environment, climate action, information society, research and innovation, the European Commission website reported on Monday. The report comes ahead of the 7th EU-Egypt Association Council, scheduled to take place on 25th July 2017 in Brussels, where EU-Egypt Partnership Priorities will be adopted further to their agreement in December 2016. The new Partnership Priorities will set the basis for strengthening EU-Egyptian cooperation for the coming three years, in areas of common interest and concern, notably economic reform, governance, human rights, rule of law and efforts towards a more open society but also migration and security/counter-terrorism, as well as closer dialogue and cooperation on regional issues.
