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September 29, 2014

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Greece-Cyprus-Egypt Alliance: New Pillar of Stability in Mediterranean

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt (Evangelos Venizelos, Ioannis Kasoulidis and Sameh Shoukry, respectively) issued a joint communique at the weekend, after holding a meeting in New York. In their communique, the Ministers praised the progress of the ongoing negotiations regarding mutually beneficial sectors, while it also points out that this new alliance could turn out to be a new pillar of stability in the Mediterranean.

All three FMs had the opportunity to evaluate and discuss latest developments in the region and underlined the importance of cooperation, particularly in the energy sector.

Both Greece and Cyprus offered their support to the Egyptian government and its people, but also praised the efforts made to adopt a new Constitution via referendum between January 14-15 which press reports claim aims to entrench basic human rights.

On the issue of Cyprus, all three men lauded the recent appointment of Espen Barth Eide as UN Special Envoy to Cyprus and repeated their commitment towards finding a solution to the Cypriot dispute, based on UN Security Council resolutions.

Turning to matters in the Middle East, and specifically to Gaza, all three Ministers stressed the importance of the two sides resuming negotiations in order to come up with a mutually-accepted solution that can sustain peace. The FMs also expressed their hope that the talks scheduled to begin in Norway on October 12th is going to work towards this goal.

On other matters, and especially on the developments in Iraq and Syria, particularly regarding human rights violations and terrorist activities, (minority groups being persecuted by ISIL), the ministers noted the importance of collective action under the UN, but at the same time warned that other extremist groups are also operating in the region.


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