U.S. and EU Policies

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U.S. and EU Policies

A selection of important U.S. and EU policies toward Egypt.

Published on Feb 24, 2014

U.S. Legislation on Egypt, January 2014–Present

U.S. Statements on Egypt, January 2011–Present

U.S. Navy Commander Visits Egypt, July 17, 2016
U.S. Congressional Delegation Promotes Ties with Egypt, June 25, 2016
Readout of Brett McGurk's meeting with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Assistant Defense Minister Mohamed El Keshky, June 21, 2016
Secretary of State Kerry's remarks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, July 21, 2016
Readout of Secretary of State Kerry's meeting with President al-Sisi, May 18, 2016
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Condemns Helwan Attack, May 8, 2016
Readout of a Congressional Delegation's visit to Cairo, May 2, 2016
Readout of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford's visit to Cairo, April 23, 2015
Readout of CENTCOM Commander General Joseph Votel's meeting with President Sisi, April 16, 2016
Readout of U.S. Special Advisor for Children's Issues Ambassador Susan Jacob's visit to Cairo, April 10, 2016
Readout of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's visit to Cairo, April 8, 2016
Readout of Secretary of State Kerry's Meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, March 30, 2016
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, March 30, 2016
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attacks in North Sinai, March 20, 2016
Readout of the Chairman of the Joint Chief's visit to Cairo, February 20, 2016
Members of Congress request information from Secretary Kerry regarding the application of the Leahy Law in Israel and Egypt, February 17, 2016
Remarks by Sarah Sewall, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, February 10, 2016
Readout of Ambassador David Thorne's visit to Egypt, February 9, 2016
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, February 9, 2016
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Condemns Terrorist Attack in Al Arish, November 25, 2015
Readout of Ambassador David Saperstein's visit to Egypt, November 18, 2015
Readout of the Secretary of the Air Force's visit to Cairo, November 16, 2015
Readout of the Secretary of the Navy's visit to Cairo, November 9, 2015
Readout of the Commander U.S. Air Forces Central Command's visit to Cairo, September 2, 2015
Secretary of State Kerry's speech at the U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue, August 2, 2015
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Condemns Bombing of Italian Consultate, July 11, 2015
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Condemns Terror Attacks, July 1, 2015
Statement by National Security Council Spokesperson on Terrorist Attack in Cairo, June 29, 2015
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Condemns Assassination of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat, June 29, 2015
Press Statement on Terrorist Attack, Assassination of Prosecutor General in Egypt, June 29, 2015
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Condemns Terror Attacks, June 11, 2015
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attacks Today, April 2, 2015
Readout of President Obama's Call with President Sisi, March 31, 2015
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at the Opening Plenary of the Egyptian Economic Development Conference, March 15, 2015
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at a Press Availability in Sharm el-Sheikh, March 14, 2015
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at a Reception Hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, March 13, 2015
Background Briefing Previewing Travel to Egypt, March 12, 2015
Secretary of State Kerry to Travel to Egypt and Switzerland, March 9, 2015
Readout of Phone Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Carter and Egyptian Defense Minister Sobhi, February 24, 2015
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry on Libya, February 19, 2015
Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Italy, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, February 17, 2015
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Murder of Egyptian Citizens, February 15, 2015
Readout of Call between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister Sobhi, February 3, 2015
United States Condemns Terrorist Attack in Sinai, January 29, 2015
Readout of President Obama’s Call with President el-Sisi of Egypt, December 18, 2014
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Thorne During the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Missions to Egypt, November 10, 2014
United States Condemns Terrorist Attack in Sinai, October 29, 2014
Remarks by U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew Following Meeting with Egyptian Finance Minister Dimian, October 27, 2014
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister Sobhi, October 27, 2014
U.S Embassy in Cairo Dismayed by Today's Terror Attack, October 10, 2014
Remarks by President Obama Before Bilateral Meeting with President el-Sisi of Egypt, September 25, 2014
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister Sobhi, September 20, 2014
Joint Press Statement between U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry on Egypt’s Role in the US-led Coalition against ISIS, September 13, 2014
U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attack in Egypt’s Western Desert, July 21, 2014
Department of State Press Statement on Conviction of Al Jazeera Journalists, June 23, 2014
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry, June 22, 2014
Background Briefing En Route to Cairo, June 21, 2014
White House Press Secretary Statement on the Presidential Election in Egypt, June 4, 2014
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry with Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmy, April 29, 2014
Department of State Press Statement on Egyptian Court Sentencing Recommendations, April 28, 2014
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister Sobhi, April 22, 2014
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister Sobhi, April 13, 2014
Comments by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry on Mass Trials and Sentencing in Egypt, March 26, 2014
Department of State Press Statement on Republic of Korea Citizens Killed and Injured in Terror Attack in Egypt, February 17, 2014
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister el-Sisi, January 27, 2014
Department of State Press Statement on Bomb Attacks in Egypt, January 24, 2014
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry on Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum, January 18, 2014
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister el-Sisi, January 12, 2014
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister el-Sisi, December 29, 2013
Department of State Press Statement on Bomb Attack in Egypt, December 24, 2013
U.S. Department of State Press Statement on Jail Sentences Handed Down for Peaceful Demonstrators in Egypt, December 23, 2013
Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya’s Trip to Egypt, December 20, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Minister Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister el-Sisi, December 19, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Minister Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister el-Sisi, November 30, 2013
U.S. Department of State Press Statement on Egypt’s Demonstration Law, November 25, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Defense Minister el-Sisi, November 16, 2013
Background Briefing on U.S. Secretary of State Kerry’s Trip to Egypt, November 3, 2013
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry with Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmy, November 3, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Defense Minister el-Sisi, October 30, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Defense Minister el-Sisi, October 14, 2013
Background Briefing by Administration Officials on Assistance to Egypt, October 9, 2013
Department of State Press Statement on U.S. Assistance to Egypt, October 9, 2013
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry with Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmy, September 22, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Defense Minister el-Sisi, September 17, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Defense Minister el-Sisi, August 24, 2013
President Obama Condemns Violence in Egypt, Cancels U.S.-Egyptian Military Exercises (PBS NewsHour), August 15, 2013
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry on Egypt, August 14, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Defense Minister el-Sisi, August 3, 2013
Press Statement on the Situation in Egypt, July 27, 2013
Readout of Call Between U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and Defense Minister el-Sisi, July 27, 2013
Department of State Press Statement on Violence in Egypt, July 6, 2013
Statement by President Obama on Egypt (Coup and Morsi’s Ouster), July 3, 2013
Department of State Press Statement on Egypt NGO Trial Verdicts, June 4, 2013
Department of State Press Statement on U.S. Concerns with Proposed Civil Society Law, May 31, 2013
Background Briefing En Route to Cairo, March 3, 2013
Department of State Press Statement on Referendum on the Egyptian Constitution, December 25, 2012
Department of State Press Statement on Referendum on the Egyptian Constitution, December 25, 2012
Department of State Press Statement on the United States’ Reaction to Egypt’s November 22 Decisions, November 23, 2012
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, November 21, 2012
Background Briefing on U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s Bilateral Meeting with Egyptian President Morsi
Background Briefing, July 15, 2012
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State to Egyptian Women Leaders, July 15, 2012
Background Briefing En Route to Cairo, July 14, 2012
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton with Foreign Minister Amr, July 14, 2012
Department of State Press Statement on Egyptian Presidential Election, May 24, 2012
Department of State Press Statement on U.S. Support for Egypt, March 23, 2012
Department of State Press Statement on U.S.-Egyptian Relations, March 3, 2012
Readout of Assistant Secretary Feltman’s Meeting with Egyptian Ambassador to the United States Shoukry, February 27, 2012
Department of State Press Statement on Violence at Egyptian Football Match, February 2, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s Call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, January 21, 2012
Department of State Press Statement on Reports of Violence in Egypt, December 11, 2011
Department of State Press Statement on Egyptian Elections, November 30, 2011
Special Report on U.S. Support for the Democratic Transitions Under Way in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, November 30, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s Call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, October 11, 2011
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, September 28, 2011
Readout of U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s Call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, September 11, 2011
Department of State Fact Sheet on Assistance to Egypt, May 19, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton Interview with Kim Ghattas of BBC, March 16, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton Interview with Shahira Amin of Nile TV, March 16, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton Interview with Steve Inskeep of NPR, March 16, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton Interview with Wyatt Andrews of CBS, March 16, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton Interview with Andrea Mitchell of NBC, March 16, 2011
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton to Traveling Press, March 16, 2011
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton with Egyptian Foreign Minister Elaraby, March 15, 2011
Fact Sheet on U.S. Support for Economic Growth in Egypt, March 15, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s Social Media Dialogue with Ahmed Ghanim of Masrawy.com, February 23, 2011
Remarks by U.S. Under Secretary Burns at the Arab League, February 21, 2011
Department of State Conference Call to Discuss Egypt, February 9, 2011
Department of State Press Statement on Attacks on Demonstrators and Journalists, February 2, 2011
Department of State Press Statement on Situation in Egypt, January 25, 2011

EU Statements on Egypt, June 2013–Present

Statement by the EU Spokesperson on the indictment of the Egyptian Press Syndicate's leadership, May 31, 2016
Statement by the EU Spokesperson on the situation in Egypt, May 2, 2016
Statement by the EU Spokesperson on civil society in Egypt, March 24, 2016
European Parliament passes non-binding resolution to suspend military cooperation with Egypt, March 10, 2016
Statement by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini on the passing away of Boutros-Boutros Ghali, February 16, 2016
Speech by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini at Cairo University, November 4, 2015
Remarks by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini on the occasion of the signature of the Egypt Natural Gas Connection Project Financing Agreement, with Sahar Nasr, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, November 2, 2015
Remarks by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini following a meeting with Sameh Shoukry, Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, November 2, 2015
Statement by the Spokesperson on the pardoning of prisoners by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, September 24, 2015
Statement by the Spokeperson on the sentencing of the Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, August 29, 2015
Statement by the Spokesperson on today's terrorist attack in Egypt, August 20, 2015
Statement by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini on the Terrorist Attack in Northern Sinai, July 1, 2015
Statement by the Spokesperson on the Terrorist Attack in Cairo Leading to the Death of the Prosecutor-General, June 29, 2015
Statement by the Spokesperson on the Attack in Luxor, June 10, 2015
Statement by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini on Court Decision Against Former President Morsi and More Than a Hundred Individuals in Egypt, May 17, 2015
Statement of the Spokesperson on the Signature of the Agreement on Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project, March 24, 2015
Remarks by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini at the Egypt Economic Development Conference, March 15, 2015
Europe Mobilizes € 272 Million to Egypt at the Egypt Economic Development Conference, March 14, 2015
High Representative and Vice President Mogherini Travels to Egypt to Attend the Egypt Economic Development Conference, March 12, 2015
Statement by the Spokesperson on the Terrorist Attacks in the Northern Sinai Region of Egypt, March 11, 2015
Statement by High Representative and Vice President Mogherini Following the Meeting in Washington with US Secretary of State Kerry, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, February 20, 2015
Statement by EU High Representative and Vice President Mogherini on the Beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya, February 16, 2015
Statement by EU Spokesperson on the Beheading of Bedouins in Egypt, February 10, 2015
Statement by EU Spokesperson on the Sentencing of Activists in Egypt, February 4, 2015
Statement by EU Spokesperson on Court’s Ruling in Egypt, February 2, 2015
Statement by EU Spokesperson on the Release of Journalist Peter Greste in Egypt, February 2, 2015
Statement by EU High Representative and Vice President Mogherini on the Terrorist Attacks in Northern Sinai, Egypt, January 30, 2015
Statement by EU High Representative and Vice President Mogherini on the Violence in Egypt, January 25, 2015
EU Will Not Send Full Election Monitoring Team to Cover 2015 Parliamentary Elections, January 14, 2015
Statement by EU Spokesperson on the Court Rulings in Egypt, December 3, 2014
Declaration on Behalf of the European Union on the Presidential Elections in Egypt, June 5, 2014
European Union Election Observation Mission Preliminary Statement on Presidential Election, May 29, 2014
EU Election Monitoring Mission Final Report on Presidential Elections in Egypt, May 26–27, 2014
Press Release: EU to Observe Elections in Egypt, April 30, 2014
EU Statement on the Court Rulings in Egypt, April 29, 2014
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton Following Her Visit to Egypt, April 11, 2014
EU Commission Statement: EU-Egypt: Reviewing Ongoing and Priorities for the Future, April 2, 2014
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Death Sentences against 529 Members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, March 25, 2014
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Terrorist Attack in Sinai, February 17, 2014
Speech by EU Deputy Prime Minister Venizelos to the EU Parliament on the Situation in Egypt, February 5, 2014
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Recent Violent Attacks in Egypt, January 24, 2014
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Constitutional Referendum in Egypt, January 19, 2014
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Situation in Egypt Ahead of the Constitutional Referendum, January 11, 2014
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Referendum in Egypt, December 25, 2013
Statement by the Spokesperson for EU High Representative Ashton on the Sentencing of Political Activists in Egypt, December 23, 2013
Statement by the Spokesperson for EU High Representative Ashton on Recent Events in Egypt, December 1, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on her Meeting with Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister Bahaa-Eldin, November 27, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Recent Violence in Egypt, October 8, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton at the End of Her Visit to Cairo, Egypt, October 3, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton to the EU Parliament on the Situation in Egypt, September 11, 2013
Remarks by EU High Representative Ashton Following the Extraordinary Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council on Egypt, August 21, 2013
EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on Egypt, August 21, 2013
Remarks by EU High Representative Ashton on Arrival at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council on Egypt, August 21, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Situation in Egypt, August 16, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Situation in Egypt, August 14, 2013
Joint Statement by EU High Representative Ashton and U.S. Secretary of State Kerry on Egypt, August 7, 2013
Remarks by EU High Representative Ashton During Her Visit to Cairo, July 30, 2013
EU High Representative Ashton Visits Egypt, July 28, 2013
Statement by the Spokesperson for EU High Representative Ashton on the Situation in Egypt, July 27, 2013
EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on Egypt, July 22, 2013
Remarks by EU High Representative Ashton at the End of Her Visit to Egypt, July 17, 2013
EU High Representative Ashton Visits Egypt, July 16, 2013
Declaration by EU High Representative Ashton on Behalf of Europe on the Situation in Egypt, July 14, 2013
Statement by the Spokesperson for EU High Representative Ashton on the Situation in Egypt, July 8, 2013
Statement by the Spokesperson for EU High Representative Ashton on the Latest Events in Egypt, July 7, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Situation in Egypt, July 3, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on the Planned Demonstrations in Egypt for the First Anniversary of President Morsi’s Term in Office, June 28, 2013

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