European Parliament (EP) Delegation encourages stronger ties between Egypt and the European Union

On 3 November 2016, the European External Action Service released a statement on the European Parliament Delegation's visit to Egypt.

The objectives of the visit were mainly three-fold: observing the state of democratic transition in Egypt, identifying Egypt's needs in terms of cooperation with the European Union and Egypt’s role to increase stability and to solve crises such as in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Palestine.