NEW YORK – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty praised historic and close relations between Egypt and Cyprus affirming Egypt’s aspiration to maintain coordination at all levels, especially as Cyprus assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU )at the beginning of 2026.
During the Egyptian minister’s meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, Abdelatty stressed the importance of maintaining the pace of bilateral visits and communications at various levels. He voiced his anticipation for further bilateral cooperation in areas including education, information and communications technology, higher education and scientific research, among other vital fields, emphasizing the priority of boosting economic and investment cooperation between the two countries and increasing the volume of trade exchange.
The minister also underlined the great importance of enhancing cooperation in the field of energy in the Eastern Mediterranean, given its strategic significance, while voicing his aspiration for continued coordination, including linking Cypriot gas fields to Egypt. He further stressed the importance of employing Egyptian labor in Cyprus and expanding it to cover multiple fields.
The two sides also discussed a number of regional issues of common interest, foremost among them the Palestinian cause.
Meantime, Abdelatty reiterated the importance of continued pressure on Israel to end its brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip and to stop obstructing the entry of humanitarian and relief aid into the enclave amid a humanitarian catastrophe that has reached the level of famine. He reiterated Egypt’s categorical rejection of the starvation and extermination policies carried out by the occupying power against the Palestinian people.
The minister emphasized that the displacement of Palestinians from their land is a “red line” for Egypt, reaffirming the Palestinian people’s right to remain on their land and to establish their independent state along the June 4, 1967 borders, with Al-Quds ( occupied East Jerusalem) as its capital.
