VOL. XLIV

No. 06

5-February-2001

EGYPT

Egypt And EU Sign EconomicAssociation Agreement

Representatives of the EgyptianGovernment and the EU signed an economic association agreement on 26 January atthe European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The chief EU negotiator,Peter Zangl, and Egypts Ambassador to the EU, Rauf Sa'd, signed the agreement,which covers security and economic and social relations and is seen as part ofa general plan to establish a free trade area in the Mediterranean basin...