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Ahram Online
The proceedings of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) was held in Cairo on Sunday for the first time in the Middle East and Africa to tackle illegal migration, the spread of terrorism, climate change and cyber security.
A welcome dinner to the attendees was co-hosted on Saturday by the German Ambassador to Egypt, Cyrill Nunn, coinciding with the core group meetings on 26-28 October.
The 13th Core Group Meeting of the MSC brought together key leaders and representatives, including President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, chairman of the MSC Wolfgang Ischinger, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa, Niger’s Foreign Minister Kalla Ankourao, Uganda’s Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa, Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit.
The programme began with an MSC roundtable on sustaining peace in Sudan’s transition, following by a security roundtable on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
Sisi discussed regional security cooperation from an African perspective.
“Within our geopolitical security matrix, the Middle East and many impoverished parts of Africa is where all such issues converge and form one difficult chain to break. Inaction in addressing such mounting challenges, in some instances coupled with provocative policies by certain powers in our region, exacerbate the status quo even more,” Sisi said in a message to participants of the conference.
The Core Group Meeting, during its two-day conference, covered discussion on Libya, and security in and around the Horn of Africa.
