Members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party visited London last week and met with UK government officials and representatives of private institutions, a senior British official has said.
Edward Oakden, managing director at UK Trade and Investment, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that FJP members assured British officials that foreign investments will not be harmed under their party’s rule.
Oakden, however, declined to name those officials, but merely said they met with officials from the UK Home Office and other ministries, in addition to the British Egyptian Society and other NGOs.
He said he did not attend those meetings, noting that some of them were private.
Oakden said the Brotherhood has a clear, strong vision of the economic system it intends to adopt when the group assumes power.
The UK predicts Egypt will become one of the fastest-rising economies over the next 20 years, Oakden said. He said the UK seeks stronger relations and more understanding between British and Egyptian investors.
He said contacts are being made between Egypt and the UK concerning the retrieval of funds smuggled to the UK by members of Egypt’s former ruling regime, which he said should be done based on the laws governing both countries.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
