Egyptian International Minister Badr Abdelatty receives his British counterpart, Yvette Cooper, to co-chair the 3rd consultation of the UK-Egypt Affiliation Council, 18 June 2026. Egypt’s MFA
CAIRO – 18 June 2026: Egypt and the UK mentioned efforts to advance the following segment of the Gaza peace plan, regional safety problems and up to date diplomatic trends involving Iran all the way through the 3rd consultation of the UK-Egypt Affiliation Council on Thursday.
Talks additionally lined boosting bilateral members of the family between each international locations in more than a few fields, together with financial ties and investments.
Gaza, West Financial institution
All over talks with British International Secretary Yvette Cooper, International Minister Badr Abdelatty wired the wish to keep the solidarity of the Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Financial institution and reject any measures that would undermine the two-state resolution.
On Gaza, Abdelatty reviewed Egypt’s efforts to transport events towards the second one segment of President Donald Trump’s peace plan.
This contains making sure sustained humanitarian get entry to to Gaza, deploying a global stabilization drive to watch the ceasefire and protected support deliveries, and enabling the nationwide committee for Gaza’s management to think its tasks throughout the enclave.
Iran Deal
The international minister additionally defined Egypt’s contemporary contacts with regional companions in reinforce of the US-Iran negotiation monitor.
He welcomed the announcement of a memorandum of figuring out between Washington and Tehran.
Sudan, Lebanon
The 2 ministers moreover exchanged perspectives on trends in Sudan and Lebanon.
Cooper hailing Egypt’s efforts aimed toward supporting balance within the Heart East.
Funding, Financial Ties
Abdelatty highlighted promising funding alternatives in those key spaces, together with renewable power, infrastructure, monetary products and services and banking.
He wired Egypt’s keenness on expanding bilateral business and British direct funding and boosting the commercial, business and funding members of the family between the 2 international locations.
The international minister referred to as for better engagement through the personal sector in each international locations via current cooperation mechanisms in Cairo and London.
He additionally reaffirmed Egypt’s passion in increasing cooperation with the UK in inexperienced expansion, schooling, migration and protection.
The consultation was once attended through representatives from Egypt’s funding, business, finance and making plans ministries, in step with a remark through the international ministry.
The affiliation council serves because the mechanism answerable for overseeing the implementation of the affiliation settlement signed through the 2 international locations in December 2020.
Egypt and the United Kingdom already deal with really extensive financial ties.
UK executive figures display that bilateral business in items and products and services totaled £5.1 billion in 2025, comprising £2.9 billion in British exports to Egypt and £2.2 billion in imports.
In the meantime, Britain’s outward international direct funding inventory in Egypt stood at £3.6 billion on the finish of 2024, in step with the figures, with masses of British corporations working within the nation.
