The EU Ambassador to Cairo, Christian Berger, announced that the EU has established a fund worth 225 million euros, from which Egypt will get about 100 million euros to help in various fields to help meet Egypt’s wheat needs in light of the Russian war on Ukraine. Burger indicated that he will address the EU to discuss Egypt’s demands to review the export quotas of some crops to increase Egypt’s ability to access European markets, especially grape and strawberry crops. A European plan is in place to reduce Russian gas imports by 70 percent at the end of December 2022 as part of the EU’s policy to diversify its sources, he added. The EU ambassador noted that projects funded by the EU in Egypt amount to 1.3 billion euros in all fields, including the agricultural sector, water resources management and food security. The EU will support Egypt to ensure a successful organization of the climate summit COP27 to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, he said.
