Hungary wants more EU funding for Egypt to tackle migration: The EU should increase funding for Egypt to help it prevent Sudanese refugees from illegally migrating to Europe, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said during talks with FM Sameh Shoukry in Budapest yesterday, according to a readout from the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. “We also call on Brussels to give technical and technological support to Egypt so that it can protect its border,” he said during a press conference.

During the talks: The two sides discussed economic cooperation, investment in Egypt, migration, and regional developments, and inked an MoU on agriculture cooperation, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Italy and Egypt will look into forming a joint job center, Emigration Minister Soha Gendy and Italian Ambassador to Egypt Michele Quaroni agreed in a meeting, according to a ministry statement. The center will train Egyptians to work in Italy and facilitate the movement of skilled workers between the two countries. The agreement comes on the heels of discussionsto set up an Egyptian-EU job center similar to the Egyptian-German Center for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration.

AfDB thanks Egypt for hosting annual meetings: An African Development Bank (AfDB) delegation, headed by Secretary-General Vincent Nmehielle, met with Central Bank of Egypt governor Hassan Abdalla to thank Egyptian authorities for hosting the bank’s annual meetings in Sharm El Sheikh last week, the central bank said.

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