Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last had discussions with her Egyptian counterpart.

The UK Government is in regular contact with the Egyptian authorities at all levels to discuss the bilateral and regional matters that concern both countries. The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs met Foreign Minister Shoukry at the UN in September. Most recently Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Minister of State for North Africa spoke to Foreign Minister Shoukry on 21 May and met with him during his visit to Cairo in April.