Mitsotakis' Egypt visit will focus on Turkey-Egypt ties and a defense pact

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to visit Egypt next week and meet with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in El Alamein. The talks are expected to address Turkey, Libya, migration, energy, investment and maritime jurisdiction disputes in the eastern Mediterranean, as well as a new regional defense arrangement.

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Mitsotakis' Egypt visit will focus on Turkey-Egypt ties and a defense pact

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to visit Egypt next week. Mitsotakis is scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in El Alamein on Tuesday.

The meeting is expected to send a message about maintaining close coordination between Athens and Cairo. Nicos Christodoulides, the leader of the Greek Cypriot administration, may also join the visit.

Regional defense arrangement on the agenda

The talks are expected to focus on the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan on August 7. The agreement includes a collective defense provision under which an armed attack against one member is considered an attack against all members.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has raised the possibility of Egypt joining the arrangement, while Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described Cairo as a “natural partner” for the agreement.

Egypt is part of the four-member consultative framework known as R4, alongside the agreement's three founding countries. If Egypt joins the agreement, the arrangement's strategic reach is expected to expand. The reasons cited include the Suez Canal's connection of the Mediterranean and Red seas and Egypt's possession of one of the region's largest armies.

Greece's assessment

Greek officials assess that Egypt is unlikely to join the agreement in the short term. This view is attributed to Cairo's inclination to preserve its room for maneuver and its important partnerships with the United States and Europe.

The talks are also expected to address Turkey-Egypt relations, Libya, migration, energy, investment and maritime jurisdiction disputes in the eastern Mediterranean.

Source: Anadolu Ajansı

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