Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri stressed that there has been a great development in the Egyptian-Greek relations over the course of nine years, referring to the existing contacts between the two countries at all levels, which show the extent of the development of bilateral relations.
At a joint press conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendiasin Athens yesterday, Shoukri said that discussions are always characterized by transparency and credibility.
“We talk without restrictions because the interests are common and the politics are homogeneous and our goals are consistent with achieving stability and peace in the region,” the Egyptian foreign minister said.
“Our pursuit is to achieve the interests and prosperity of our peoples, and to find means of cooperation that realize this,” he added.
Shoukri also said that there is intensive joint work to strengthen the relationship between the two countries at the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian levels.
He added that this is an important relationship based on solid foundations and rules of the existing historical contacts between the two peoples.
The minister also said that the relationship between the two countries is strategic areas of political, security, military and economic cooperation and the common desire to continue working to strengthen this relationship.
Foreign Minister Shoukri also added that Egypt and Greece aim to enhance cooperation in several fields, which include electrical interconnection between the two countries, and through Greece to the European continent, and to benefit from the momentum generated by COP27 conference, which was held in Egypt.
That comes in addition to the increasing reliance on new, renewable and clean energy within the framework of maintaining low temperature of the planet and preserving it for future generations.
He also referred to the East Mediterranean Gas Forum and the diversity it provides for energy sources, which is considered one of the important areas within the framework of relations between Cairo and Athens.
Furthermore, he expressed his pride in the tripartite Egyptian, Greek and Cypriot relationship and what was achieved through successive summits in defining the scope of cooperation and projects that are in the interest of the three peoples.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
