Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed AbulGheit Thursday left for Paris to join the preparation works of a Mediterranean Union summit slated for July 13, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported.
Abul Gheit is expected to meet his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner and other senior officials to discuss the agenda and the final communique of the summit, said the report.
The Union for the Mediterranean, an initiative spearheaded by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is set to be launched officially at the Paris summit.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Sarkozy will co-chair the summit to discuss programs for the nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea with the European Union (EU), with environment, renewable energy, disasters combat and navigation and commercial routes topping the agenda, the report added.
In an interview with Egyptian Al Ahram daily published on Wednesday, Abul Gheit said the French initiative is a positive development in the Barcelona Process, which was launched in 1995 to boost the Euro-Mediterranean ties.
The European Commission has said the new Mediterranean Union aims at boosting trade and prosperity and reducing illegal migration, terrorism and crimes in the region.
Source: Xinhua
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