UPDATED: Egypt’s Sisi arrives in Nicosia for trilateral summit with Cyprus, Greece amid East Med tensions

UPDATED: Egypt’s Sisi arrives in Nicosia for trilateral summit with Cyprus, Greece amid East Med tensions

The 8th tripartite summit is held amid tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean region over Ankara's hunt for gas in the region in violation of the territorial waters of Greece and Cyprus, two close allies of Egypt







Ahram Online

, Wednesday 21 Oct 2020







File Photo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Cypriot President Anastasiades, and Greek PM Mitsotakis during a trilateral summit between the three countries (Photo Courtesy of Presidency)













Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi arrived in Nicosia on Wednesday to participate in a trilateral summit with Cyprus and Greece.

Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said the trilateral summit is meant to consolidate the special ties between the three countries and exchange viewpoints regarding challenges that face the