BRUSSELS, April 21, 2018 (News Wires) - The European Union (EU) Climate Action and Energy Commissioner, Miguel Arias Carnete will visit Egypt from April 22-24 to boost energy cooperation. During his visit, he will sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Cooperation in Energy between the EU and Egypt, said an European Commission press release on Saturday. Carnete will meet the Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi, and other members of the Egyptian Government as well as with European energy companies and open the EU- Egypt Sustainable Energy Business Forum and Exhibition. Ahead of his visit, Canete said in press statements, "the EU and Egypt are strategic partners on energy. The potential for an even closer energy cooperation between the EU and Egypt is enormous, and I hope this visit will herald a new phase of closer and more intense relations amongst us." "Egypt can lead the way of the clean energy transition in the Eastern Mediterranean and thus contribute to the Paris climate goals and the worldwide decarburization effort." Likewise, Egypt is becoming an upcoming important gas and electricity hub that can provide energy security for the EU and for the entire region," he added.
