Italy's foreign minister eyes migration, energy on trip to Cairo

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Italy's Foreign Minister said on Sunday his country saw Egypt as an important partner in stemming irregular migration across the Mediterranean and in bolstering its energy security.

Though Egypt has largely prevented departures of migrant boats from its own north coast since 2016, the number of Egyptian nationals crossing to Europe via Libya has risen sharply.

As part of efforts to tackle irregular migration, Italy was "ready to have more legal migrants, including those coming from Egypt", Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said during a trip to Cairo. Tajani also called for a resolution of Libya's crisis that would lead to elections and a new constitution. Both Egypt and Italy have been deeply engaged in Libya, where migrant smugglers have found space to flourish amid conflict andItaly and Europe were also looking to North Africa to meet their energy needs in the wake of the war in Ukraine, Tajani said.has a strong presence in Egyptian gas production. Tajani said Italy was working to strike more agreements with producer countries.

 

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