Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that Greece and Egypt are looking forward to a more assertive US intervention in the eastern Mediterranean during the term of President-elect Joe Biden.
In a joint press conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Athens, Mitsotakis indicated that Greece and Egypt will deal positively with a more assertive role for the United States in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Mitsotakis added that the agreement showed that countries that respect international law and maintain good relations with neighboring countries can achieve results for the benefit of their people, adding that both Greece and Egypt want to expand the agreement.
For his part, Al-Sisi said that Egypt and Greece agreed to continue solidarity with all friendly countries in order to confront everything that would threaten regional stability and security in a way that would prevent any party from imposing its hostile positions in a way that preserves national security requirements on the one hand, and allows benefiting from Available natural resources on the other hand.
Al-Sisi stressed the agreement on the need to address the violations in the eastern Mediterranean, stressing Egypt's support for the principle of a comprehensive and just solution to the Cyprus issue in accordance with United Nations decisions.
Al-Sisi agreed with the Greek leadership to intensify the exchange of expertise and information between Cairo and Athens to face the challenges posed by the phenomenon of cross-border terrorism and ways to achieve interfaith coexistence.
The talks between Sisi and the Greek Prime Minister also touched on developments in the situation in Libya, and the political settlement efforts to restore security and stability to the Arab country, according to the same statement.
Turkey and the Mediterranean
For its part, Turkey, which has been in conflict with Greece over allegations of intertwining energy sources in the Mediterranean, says that the agreement violates its continental shelf.
The agreement also overlaps with the maritime zones that Turkey agreed with Libya last year, which Greece says is illegal.
Tensions escalated between the two allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the wake of the agreement after Turkey sent the seismic survey vessel "Oroch President" to the disputed region in the Mediterranean.
Ankara withdrew the ship last September to make way for diplomacy with Greece, but it returned and sent it again to the region.
And on Wednesday, Greece said that the new Turkish naval note on conducting seismic survey activities from 11 to 23 November is provocative, and urged Ankara to backtrack on it.