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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-09-01
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[01] Greece-Egypt ties strong and a factor of stability, FM says ahead
of visit to Cairo
[01] Greece-Egypt ties strong and a factor of stability, FM says ahead
of visit to Cairo
ANA-MPA - Greece and Egypt have multiple ties, government Vice President
and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said in an interview at Neo
Fos Greek community newspaper of Egypt, ahead of his official visit to
the Middle Eastern country on Thursday.
The protection and well-being of Greeks in Egypt is top priority,
Venizelos said, and expressed Greece's desire to support Greek-language
education in Egypt and its historic Greek schools, making special mention
of the Alexandria and Cairo communities.
"We have a lot in common with Egypt - the Greek community of Egypt,
the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the long-term ties of friendship and
our common desire for cooperation and peace in the Mediterranean,"
the FM said.
"As a result," he added, "Greece is interested in Egypt's stability and
wants to keep open lines of communication with it at all times. Developing
good bilateral relations is a joint desire of our peoples and contributes
to peace, regional collaboration, and stability in the Mediterranean."
In Egypt, Venizelos is scheduled to meet with his Egyptian counterpart and
Egyptian leaders, and to visit with Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria
and All Africa at the historic monastery of St. George in the old section
of Cairo.
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