European - Egyptian partnership talks coming in November

The new round of negotiations for Egyptian partnership with the European Union, is to be held in Cairo, on November 9 - 12.

Egypt's assistant foreign minister and chairman of Egyptian - European partnership, Gamal Bayoumi, said that the new talks are aimed at resolving as many issues as possible, so the EU and Egypt can submit subjects that are not settled yet to their political leadership.

He also said the EU is going to take part in this round of talks with a large number of negotiators, especially to address agriculture issues. He described the situation as not being "bad", clarifying that most of the agricultural problems have been settled.

They also have negotiated on 118 Egypt agricultural products to boost agricultural exports to the European Union.

Bayoumi also said that the foreign minister will meet with EU foreign ministers during the coming stage, where the Barcelona declaration will hold a new meeting in Stuttgart, Germany in February 1999.

Concerning the dumping issue, Bayoumi said Egypt expresses its respect for all European countries who both stood with or against Egypt at the beginning.