Endorsing Egyptian - European partnership agreement in April

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer is to arrive in Cairo on February 17, after the end of Egyptian - European partnership talks.

A sources said the talks that began yesterday in Brussels will be continued on different suspended topics between the two sides, at the top of which come the agricultural and commercial dossiers and a number of other topics that will be discussed during this round, ending tomorrow.

The sources added that a new round of talks will take place during the visit of Fischer and his accompanying delegation to Cairo.

Following the talks, they will announce the end of negotiations between Egypt and the European Union on the basis that they will reach an agreement between the two sides during the Barcelona Summit in the middle of April in Stuttgart, Germany.