- Title: Merkel in Cairo to expand trade and investment ties
- Date: 2nd March 2017
- Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MARCH 2, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD IN FRONT OF PALACE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI SHAKING HANDS WITH GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL SISI, MERKEL WALKING AWAY SISI, MERKEL WALKING AWAY FOLLOWED BY GUARDS VARIOUS OF SISI, MERKEL SITTING DURING BILATERAL MEET
- Embargoed: 16th March 2017 12:55
- Keywords: Chancellor Angela Merkel Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Egypt Germany Cairo
- Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
- City: CAIRO, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001669PCG7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Thursday (March 2) during the first leg of her north Africa trip.
Merkel departs for Tunisia on Friday (March 3) as part of a broader push to boost German investment in Africa, slow the flow of migrants into Europe and increase intelligence-sharing to combat Islamic militancy.
In January, Merkel and al-Sisi spoke by telephone to discuss regional security.
A Christian cleric on Thursday criticised Merkel for kowtowing to Sisi and downplaying human rights concerns.
Joachim Schroedel, a German cleric who has worked in Egypt for more than two decades, expressed anger at Merkel's assertion that Egyptian Copts were in a "very good situation" and her description of Egypt as a stabilising force in the region.
Egypt's Christian minority has been targeted in a series of attacks by Islamist militants, most recently the bombing of Cairo's largest Coptic cathedral in December that killed 28 people. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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