EU- Egypt Signature - Crises Response Center
Signature of the Administrative Arrangement between the EEAS Crisis Response Centre and the Egyptian National Committee for Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction
On 4 June 2026, Christian Berger, Director of the EEAS Crisis Response Centre (CRC), and Major General Tamer Abdelrahman, Assistant General Secretary of the Egyptian Cabinet and Head of the National Committee for Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction, signed an Administrative Arrangement to strengthen cooperation and information exchange on crisis management and disaster risk reduction. The signing was followed by an exchange on shared challenges and priorities.
EU
Director Berger presented the role of the EEAS Crisis Response Centre in supporting the HR/VP and the EEAS in responding to political, security and consular crises outside the EU. He underlined the importance of cooperation with international partners and welcomed the signing of the Arrangement. He also invited Egyptian counterparts to continue exchanges in Brussels and visit the CRC.
EU
Major General Abdelrahman welcomed the signature and thanked the EU for its close cooperation with Egypt. He outlined the role of the National Committee for Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction as a coordination mechanism bringing together relevant national actors to respond to a broad range of crises, including natural disasters, accidents, security incidents, health emergencies and consular crises abroad.
He explained that the Committee supports crisis management efforts across Egypt's 27 governorates and operates dedicated subcommittees monitoring regional crises, including developments in Gaza, Syria and Sudan, as well as the Ebola outbreak. Both sides also exchanged views on Ebola monitoring arrangements and their respective approaches to crisis preparedness.
EU
Egyptian counterparts welcomed the Arrangement as a further step in strengthening EU-Egypt cooperation, building on the Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership signed in 2024 and ahead of the 11th meeting of the EU-Egypt Association Council on 15 June 2026.