{"id":601244,"date":"2019-02-24T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/02\/24\/what-were-tracking-on-24-february-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-02-24T04:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T04:12:00","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-24-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/02\/24\/what-were-tracking-on-24-february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 24 February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> The first EU-Arab League summit<\/a>gets underway today in Sharm El Sheikh. <\/b>Senior European and Arab officials are set to discuss security, terrorism, investment and regional development. UK Prime Minister Theresa May<\/a><\/u> and Saudi King Salman<\/a><\/u> have already arrived for the summit.<\/p>\n

Topping the agenda:<\/b> The groundwork for a Turkey-style migration pact, in which Arab states would control the flow of migrants to Europe in return for financial aid. Don\u2019t expect too much though:<\/b> Officials have already began downplaying the likelihood of any concrete agreements due to ongoing political disputes, according to Reuters<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

Also likely to come up: Forcing countries to take back their Daeshbags. <\/b>The Washington Post<\/a><\/u> suggests Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel is pushing the idea of an international court to prosecute Daesh fighters European (and North American) countries try to figure out what to do with citizens who took up arms in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n

Brexit will also make headlines in Egypt today <\/b>as European Council President Donald Tusk is set to meet<\/a><\/u> with UK Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines of the summit late this afternoon. Both sides are downplaying<\/a><\/u> chances of a breakthrough.<\/p>\n

The Saudi-Egyptian Business Council will meet in Cairo today<\/b>, according to the domestic press<\/a><\/u>. As many as 100 leaders of some of the largest Saudi companies are expected to attend.<\/p>\n

Another notable summit will take place this week<\/b> as The Donald and Kim Jong Un travel to Vietnam for their second round of face-to-face talks. Even if the meeting fails to produce an agreement, it will be worth it for the memes alone. The WSJ has more<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

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Egyptian officials are among a group of Geneva-based diplomats who traveled to China early last week,<\/b> Reuters<\/a><\/u> reports. The trip was part of a Chinese initiative to ward off criticism of its \u201cre-education facilities\u201d in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province. The news comes as the WSJ gave front-page placement this weekend to The Muslim world looks on as China persecutes its Muslims<\/a><\/u><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Also making headlines in the region this weekend:<\/b><\/p>\n