President Al-Sisi’s official visit to Greece last week led to the already excellent diplomatic ties between the two countries being upgraded to a strategic partnership.
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Egypt, France, and Greece are the three focal states in the new geopolitical architecture that is emerging in the Mediterranean and North Africa region
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Egypt has come to Greece’s aid in dealing with the wildfires now raging across the country, demonstrating the solidarity and ongoing cooperation between the two countries
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This week’s visit by Greek Parime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Egypt shows the two nations moving ever closer together in the spirit of a model partnership
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Egypt and Greece should join efforts to bring about the repatriation of the Rosetta Stone and Parthenon Marbles
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Turkish interference in the affairs of neighbouring countries is being effectively repelled by the formation of new regional power equilibrium
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This month’s Philia Forum in Athens was another step on the path towards greater cooperation in the Mediterranean at the initiative of Egypt, Greece and other countries
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Last year saw the return of the Mediterranean as a world geopolitical space and highlighted the strategic importance of Egypt and Greece
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President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi’s recent visit to Athens underlined the increasingly important bilateral relations between Egypt and Greece over recent years
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Rolled back in Libya and Syria, and facing censure in the East Mediterranean, Turkey has turned to the Caucasus to stage a regional show of power
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Turkey’s maximalist aspirations in the Eastern Mediterranean and wider Middle East have been shown to be empty rhetoric
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The signing of an Exclusive Economic Zone Agreement between Greece and Egypt is a major turning point for both countries and the rest of the region, writes Ioannis E Kotoulas
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The decision to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque is a direct assault on religious pluralism and Turkey’s modern history
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Greece and Egypt have much to gain from the signature of an Exclusive Economic Zone Agreement that would be to the economic and strategic benefit of both countries, writes Ioannis E Kotoulas
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Turkey may be pursuing neo-Ottoman imperialist goals, but its destabilising behaviour is not going unanswered, writes Ioannis Kotoulas
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In the face of Turkish hegemonic ambitions, Greece and Egypt are natural allies and should deepen and solidify their cooperative and strategic relations
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