Egypt, Greece Affirm ‘Solid Partnership’

Egyptian Foreign Minister (right) and his Greek counterpart in Cairo (the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Facebook page)
Egyptian Foreign Minister (right) and his Greek counterpart in Cairo (the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Facebook page)
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Egypt, Greece Affirm ‘Solid Partnership’

Egyptian Foreign Minister (right) and his Greek counterpart in Cairo (the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Facebook page)
Egyptian Foreign Minister (right) and his Greek counterpart in Cairo (the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Facebook page)

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has held talks with Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias on bilateral ties between the countries and ways of enhancing them.

They further underscored on Sunday the importance of strategic partnership in the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Last week, Dendias met with his counterparts from Cyprus, and Israel in addition to United Arab Emirates official Anwar Gargash.

Spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed Hafez said Sunday that the two ministers discussed a number of regional and international issues of common interest.

Hafez added that the meeting dealt with the situation in the eastern Mediterranean region.

The two ministers expressed their appreciation for the established partnership between the two countries, and the importance of continuing to strengthen relations together in all economic, political, social, and cultural fields.

They also praised the continued exchange of support between the two countries in international forums, and the importance of Egypt as a strategic partner for Greece and the European Union in the southern Mediterranean and the Middle East region.

They reviewed regional developments and Egypt’s vision on how to resolve them and efforts aimed to bring about an appropriate climate for security and stability, such as reaching a comprehensive settlement in the Libyan crisis.

Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus have joined a tripartite cooperation mechanism, which is backed by the presidents of three countries.

With other countries, they also established the East Mediterranean Gas Forum which kicked off in September as a “regional organization” headquartered in Cairo.



Rubio Pledges to Consider Reviewing Terrorist Designations in Call with Syrian FM

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference with the Indo-Pacific Quad alongside, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (R) and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (L) at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference with the Indo-Pacific Quad alongside, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (R) and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (L) at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
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Rubio Pledges to Consider Reviewing Terrorist Designations in Call with Syrian FM

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference with the Indo-Pacific Quad alongside, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (R) and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (L) at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference with the Indo-Pacific Quad alongside, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (R) and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (L) at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged to consider further action to review domestic and United Nations terrorist designations related to Syria in a call with that country's foreign minister on Thursday, the US State Department said in a statement.

Rubio discussed with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani previous US moves to remove sanctions on Syria, and pledged to maintain sanctions on “malign actors,” including Bashar al-Assad, his associates, and others who threaten Syrian and international security, said a State Department statement.

Rubio hoped that “together, these steps will mark the beginning of a new chapter for both the Syrian people and US-Syria relations.”

The officials also discussed other matters of shared concern, including countering terrorism, Iran, Israel-Syria relations, and destroying any remnants of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons program, added the statement.