Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, described her meeting with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi It was a “good” meeting, stressing that we need to work together to prevent a major food security crisis in the region, noting that Egypt as president COP27It will play an important role in keeping the global community on the right track.
Ursula published a video of her meeting with President El-Sisi, via her Twitter account, accompanied by saying: “Good meeting with President El-Sisi, we need to work together to prevent a major food security crisis in the region, the European Union provides €100 million to support people and farmers in Egypt.” Together, we will mobilize a strong global response.”
Good meeting with President @AlSisiOfficial.
We need to work together to prevent a major food security crisis in the region.
Now, the EU is providing €100 million to support people and farmers in ????????.
Together, we will mobilise a strong global response. https://t.co/vo4HfksFhs
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) June 15, 2022
Ursula also posted another photo with President El-Sisi, saying: “We are also partnering with Egypt to improve our security of energy supplies and progress toward our global climate goals,” adding: “Egypt as president COP27It will play an important role in keeping the global community on the right track.”
And she added in another tweet: “Let’s work together to improve the ability to produce local food, reduce dependencies, adapt to climate change and ensure a steady supply of high-quality, affordable food for all,” stressing: “Egypt will be at the center of this major transformation.”
In a joint press conference with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Federal Palace, the President of the European Commission said that Europe is committed to increasing cooperation and consolidating ties with Egypt in many fields, revealing the issuance of a joint statement in the coming days that reflects the depth of the partnership between Egypt and Europe..
And “Von der Leyen” touched on the issue of food security, saying: “Ukraine was responsible for exporting grain to the world before the outbreak of the war, and now we are facing a very difficult situation, and we are making efforts to provide grain that was disrupted as a result of the Russian war, where the grain is suspended while it is suspended.” Now in the Black Sea, we have seen that food prices are increasing in many countries, as 80% of wheat comes from Russia and Ukraine, and food prices are a real crisis. “.
