Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been invited and will go to Cairo on Saturday to the International Conference on developments in the Middle East organized by the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on developments in the Middle East.

Heads of state and government from countries in the region (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco), the leaders of France, Germany, of Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Norway, the USA, Russia, China and the UN Secretary General.

The Prime Minister has highlighted the risks to regional stability of a further escalation and diffusion of the crisis across the region and the need to strengthen internal security in the EU.

“Greece recognizes Israel’s right to self-defense according to International Law and has highlighted the need to protect civilians and avoid a humanitarian crisis. Our country remains a pillar of stability and an honest interlocutor with the countries of the region. “Greece has always supported the two-state solution for the Palestinian issue in the context of the relevant decisions of the UN and International Law,” the government emphasizes.