German Chancellor Angela Merkel landed in Cairo yesterday on a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia, in a push to limit migrant flows to Europe through North Africa, especially chaos-torn Libya. Merkel has been under intense pressure to reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to Germany. Merkel is to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, Egypt’s top Muslim cleric. She will head to Tunisia today to meet Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi. Merkel is joined by a business delegation that could sweeten the diplomacy with investments badly needed by both countries.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands following a news conference at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo.
