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2/11/11

EU fights to get envoy Ashton into Egypt

European Union officials fought Thursday to try and persuade Egypt to authorise a visit next week from much-criticised foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton.

"We are still working in order that Mrs Ashton gets into Egypt next week," her spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic told journalists after it emerged on Wednesday that President Hosni Mubarak's administration had refused her entry.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said he "would prefer not to have any foreign visitor in February" because of a full agenda, a senior EU official revealed then.

For more: EU fights to get envoy Ashton into Egypt - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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