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07/05/2025 | 10:56
Mitsotakis to meet Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for the further strengthening of the strategic relationship between Athens and Cairo
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, on Wednesday, at 11:20 am, at the Maximos Mansion.
According to the Prime Minister’s Press Office, the meeting will be followed by the plenary session of the 1st High Cooperation Council between Greece and Egypt. Upon its conclusion, Mitsotakis and El-Sisi are expected to make statements to the media.
The visit is considered to be particularly important for the further strengthening of the strategic relationship between Athens and Cairo and the consolidation of the role of Greece and Egypt as pillars of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, in a period of geopolitical turmoil.
The two leaders are expected to send a message of upgrading the already extremely close relations to a Strategic Partnership and strengthening cooperation and coordination in politics, trade, investments, transport and infrastructure, as well as connectivity projects, energy security (electricity interconnection between Greece and Egypt GREGY interconnector) and climate change, defense and security, migration, education and culture, which is expected to be described in the Joint Declaration that the two leaders are expected to sign.
In line with International Law to address challenges and promote regional stability, at a time when the geopolitical landscape in the region is being reshaped, the visit of the President of Egypt and the Joint Statement of the two leaders are expected to send a message of mutual understanding and solidarity. During their meeting, the two leaders will discuss the latest regional developments in Gaza, Syria and Libya.
The last meeting of the Greek prime minister with the Egyptian president took place in Cairo in January 2025 on the sidelines of the trilateral summit of Greece-Cyprus-Egypt.
Mitsotakis visited Cairo in March 2024 as part of a joint visit with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and European leaders for the signing of the EU-Egypt Strategic and Partnership Agreement. Greece took the lead in concluding this agreement, advocating for the strategic importance of Egypt’s stability for Europe, as well as Cairo’s importance in containing migratory flows to European countries.
In March 2024, a joint Declaration co-signed by Mitsotakis and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reflected their decision to establish the High-Level Cooperation Council of the two countries.
Source: ΑΝΑ-MPA
