PM meets top German legislator ahead of Merkel visit to Cairo: Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met with vice president of Germany’s Bundestag Johannes Singhammer to discuss Egypt’s economic reform program, terrorism and Egypt’s experience with illegal migration, according to a Cabinet statement. The two did not discuss a potential Turkey-style anti-migration deal between Egypt and the European Union, which German Chancellor Angela Merkel came out in support of last year after Austria’s Chancellor had first pushed the notion back in September. Singhammer’s visit to Egypt comes as Merkel is expected in Cairo on 2-3 March.

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