Egypt’s need to cooperate in the management of illegal immigration, so that a new migration corridor from Libya to Crete was not opened, he stressed that after meeting with President Abdel Fatah. The Prime Minister welcomed the upgrading of EU-Egypt relations to comprehensive and strategic cooperation, as he had taken the lead in order for this to happen and also for the level of bilateral relations and for energy cooperation with emphasis on the project of electricity interconnection between Greece and Egypt GREGY IGAOR. Government sources confirmed during the meeting the decision of the two leaders to upgrade and deepen the strategic relationship between the two countries with the establishment of the Greek-Egypt High Cooperation Council (ASA), the first meeting of which will take place in Athens over the next period. The two leaders will sign this afternoon a Joint Declaration establishing the ASA. Finally, the Prime Minister thanked the President of Egypt for organizing the visit to Shiva. The oasis of Shiva is of special importance for cultural relations between Greece Egypt, as there is the Oracle of Amon Ra which Alexander the Great visited in 331 BC.
Meeting Mitsotakis – Al Sisi: In Athens the first Supreme Cooperation Council of Greece and Egypt – What they said about immigration
—
in Political