"Their tripartite cooperation with Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus and Greece is becoming a factor of stability throughout the southeastern Mediterranean, and this is extremely important," said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a bilateral meeting. in the morning, at the Presidential Palace, with the President of the Republic Nikos Anastasiadis.
Speaking in front of the cameras, President Anastasiadis on his part welcomed Mr. Tsipras to the 5th Tripartite Summit of Greece - Cyprus - Egypt, expressing the belief that “it will be as productive as the previous ones, taking into account the new areas of action on the agenda ”.
"Already yesterday we had the official visit of the Egyptian President, with whom we exchanged views, we reached areas of cooperation between the two countries, which extend to the tripartite efforts that we make and will be the subject of our current consultations," said President Anastasiadis .
He also referred to the bad weather that hit Greece. He noted that "while the bad weather was a curse to us, your arrival brought the blessing of the rains", expressing the hope that "it will not be the same weather phenomena" and the solidarity of Cyprus to Greece to address the problems that arose.
Mr. Tsipras expressed his joy to be in Cyprus. "" I had time to come and I come with great joy. During this time that we have a close cooperation, we have achieved something important. "Greece and Cyprus have emerged as two countries that are a pillar of stability in an unstable region," he said.
He added that "with these trilateral partnerships, with Egypt, a very important country in the region, but also with Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus and Greece become factors of stability throughout the southeastern Mediterranean and this is extremely important. ”.
He thanked President Anastasiadis for the support and solidarity "that you showed from the first moment in the great tragedy that Greece experienced" and added that "climate change creates extreme weather phenomena, for us in Greece flood phenomena, here a great drought. "We all have a great responsibility to deal with this global phenomenon."
"I wish, together with the rain, to bring hope to the Cypriot people, who are entitled to a better future and are entitled to a just and sustainable solution to the Cyprus problem," concluded Mr. Tsipras.
Source: KYPE
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