Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, will visit Egypt on February 22 to hold talks with local top officials. The details are not disclosed.

Ashton was earlier reported to visit Egypt but everything became complicated on February 10 when the Egyptian foreign office informed the EU official Cairo considers her visit inexpedient. The next day President Hosni Mubarak announced his resignation and transferred his powers to the Council of Armed Forces.

Catherine Ashton has already visited Tunis and the Middle East. On February 15 she met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Palestinian Premier Salam Fayyad.