Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry began yesterday a two-day visit to Madrid, where he will meet today with his counterpart Alfonso María Dastis and others to discuss political, economic, and commercial cooperation, as well as other issues including illegal migration and combating terrorism, according to a ministry statement.

Shoukry will then head to Germany tomorrow for the annual Munich Security Conference, where he is set to be the keynote speaker in a special session on counterterrorism titled "Jihadism after the Caliphate." During the conference, Shoukry will also meet with other officials including the UN Secretary General, Iraq’s Prime Minister, Armenia and Russia’s foreign ministers, as well as various European ministers from France, Germany, and Greece, including defense and interior ministers.

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