Egypt, Greece, Cyprus Tripartite Meeting - ENTRPRISE

Egypt's Sisi (L) & Cyprus' Anastasiades

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Contrary to official press releases, meetings between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Cypriot and Greek counterparts did look at energy cooperation, Ittihadeya spokesman Bassan Rady tells Yahduth fi Masr (watch, runtime: 6:33). He then delved into the cultural aspects of the visit without elaborating further. Expectations were for an agreement to be signed this week, in light of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos’ visit to Cairo for the “Week to Revive the Roots” cultural forum. Egypt and Cyprus had reached a preliminary agreement to build an underwater pipeline for the transfer of natural gas. The move is expected to put Egypt on the map as a regional hub for the processing and export of natural gas to Europe and could see the country receive mns in funding from the EU under an energy cooperation framework signed last week. An Egyptian-Cypriot-Greek business forum was also held yesterday in Alexandria, according to a Trade Ministry statement.

President in Greece ahead of tripartite energy talks - CYPRUS MAIL

Sisi, Egypt (left), Tsipras, Greece (center), Anastasiades, Cyprus

October 10, 2016 Angelos Anastasiou

President Nicos Anastasiades was in Greece on Monday for a quick one-day visit ahead of the fourth tripartite meeting with the leaders of Egypt and Greece in Cairo, which is expected to further deepen trade cooperation between the three countries.

In Athens on Monday, Anastasiades, accompanied by transport minister Marios Demetriades and government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides, attended a working lunch hosted by the Cypriot Shipowners’ Union.

He was then expected to award honorary certificates to relatives of Greek missing persons at an event attended by his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

Later in the afternoon, Anastasiades was expected to fly from Athens to Cairo for the tripartite summit between Cyprus, Greece, and Egypt.

Pavlopoulos sees closer ties ahead of three-day Israel trip - KATHIMERINI

29.03.2016

Ahead of a three-day official visit to Israel on Thursday, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos praised relations between the two countries, saying they were never better.

“Relations between the two countries are at a peak, including both the economy and tourism,” he told daily newspaper Israel Hayom Tuesday and hailed the energy cooperation between Greece, Israel and Cyprus as a pillar of stability in the region and a source of prosperity.

“We are together on a path toward a very promising and demanding future,” he said.