CAIRO – Visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said relations with Egypt are autonomous and strong.
The Greek top official was answering a question by Greek state broadcaster ERT on relations with Egypt, within the context of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Mitsotakis described relations with Egypt as a “strategic partnership” that “still has much to demonstrate in various fields”.
The meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi was “short but productive,” Mitsotakis said, adding that their talks addressed “new prospects for cooperation, with a particular focus on energy issues”.
“The interconnection between Greece and Egypt through an electricity cable project seems to be receiving support from the European Union as well,” the Greek prime minister said.
He added that the two countries have agreed to establish a high-level cooperation council comprising several members of Cabinet.
“We’re hoping that the first such council may take place in our country, in the first few months of 2024, where we will invest in this relationship even further, to the mutual benefit of Greece and Egypt and our two peoples,” Mitsotakis said.
