Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Tuesday met visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Athens and both pledged to strengthen the bilateral cooperation both on political and economic level.
Karamanlis pointed out that Egypt is one of Greece's most important trade partners among the Arab countries and referred to the strong historic ties between the two countries. The two countries will further strengthen the bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy sector, shipping, tourism and culture.
Mubarak stressed the rapid progress in bilateral relations between their two countries since 2004, when the Greek premier visited Egypt. He also stressed the need to further cement bilateral economic and trade ties, as well as on a political level and in the Balkans.
In statements after the meeting, the Greek prime minister stressed Egypt's important role in the Middle East peace process.
"Greece has shown great interest in the events of the region, with initiatives that are both international and in the framework of the EU. We support Mr. Mubarak's efforts for a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue. In his spirit, Greece and Egypt took part in the international conference at Annapolis, which constituted progress for a resumption of talks between Israel and Palestine, which must be led to a comprehensive solution of the Middle East problem," he said.
Greece, its European Union partners and its allies in NATO supported this effort, Karamanlis added.
Source: Xinhua
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