Minister of Petroleum Tarek el-Molla on Wednesday met with Cypriot Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Costas Kadis, Cypriot Ambassador to Egypt Polly Loannou and their accompanying delegation to discuss preparations for COP27, due in November in Sharm el-Sheikh.
The minister affirmed the strength of Egyptian-Cypriot relations that have highly contributed to supporting economic co-operation and increasing benefit from natural resources, as well as achieving joint interests.
Co-operation in the field of oil and gas represents an important axis to support economic ties, el-Molla said, reiterating the importance of COP27 and rallying efforts of the ministries concerned to prepare for the event.
For his part, the Cypriot minister underlined great interest on the part of his country in taking part in COP27 in support of Egyptian government’s efforts to make the event a success.
