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Anastasiades arrives in Sharm el Sheikh for EU-Arab League Summit (Updated)
February 25, 2019
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has expressed his gratitude to President Nicos Anastasiades for his contribution in establishing relations between his country and the EU.
Anastasiades who arrived Sunday at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh for the first EU-Arab league Summit, was received by President Sisi in the morning. President Anastasiades told the press that the Egyptian President expressed absolute support to his initiative on climate change. He described the meeting as warm and productive which covered all issues that will be discussed during the Summit but also the bilateral relations.
President Anastasiades said that President Sisi warmly thanked Cyprus for helping to establish relations between his country and the EU and the fact that Cyprus assisted in the first visit for the President of the European Council in Egypt.