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The foreign ministers of Greece and Egypt stressed the need for strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries when they met in Greece’s capital Athens recently
The foreign ministers of Greece and Egypt stressed the need for strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries when they met in Greece’s capital Athens recently.
Greece’s foreign minister Giorgos Gerapetritis and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry discussed a series of issues, including migration, cooperation in the sectors of energy, education, and culture, and regional issues, including the war in Gaza.
On migration, Shoukry noted that no boats smuggling migrants have left Egyptian shores headed for European countries for several years, and credited stronger policing by Egyptian authorities. Gerapetritis said Greece and Egypt were seeking joint ways of tackling illegal migration, including examining current legal routes for migration.
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The two countries already have agreements for Egyptian nationals to work in Greece in the fishing, agriculture, and construction sectors. Importantly, both leaders extended their condolences to Iran on Monday for the loss of the country’s president and foreign minister in a helicopter crash.
