Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi at the presidential palace in Cairo on Thursday during a visit in which he is also set to sign a cooperation agreement on migrants.
Speaking to reporters at Cairo airport before meeting el Sisi, Tajani said Italy and Egypt were committed to “increasingly address the issue of immigration.
“So much so that today we are signing an agreement—which I will sign with the foreign minister—to ensure that cooperation between our countries leads to fewer and fewer irregular migrants and, instead, a growing number of regular migrants who can be employed in our companies after receiving the necessary training,” Tajani continued.