Cairo, Egypt: The Ministry of State for Immigration and Egyptian Affairs Abroad stated that the Immigration Minister seeks cooperation with the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister for Expatriate Affairs under the presidential initiative “Roots Revival”.
Ambassador Saha Jundi stated, “We are continuing to prepare joint programs for youth and expatriates from Egypt, Greece and Cyprus.”
Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs also informed, “We want to continue joint work in the triple framework of the “roots revival” initiative.”
Ambassador Saha Jundi, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptian Affairs Abroad, held a meeting with George Koutseras, Deputy Greek Foreign Minister for Expatriates Affairs, on the margin of her participation in the World Conference on Expatriates, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, to enhance areas of cooperation between Egypt and Greece in all areas of mutual interest, according to the update by the Government.
The meeting was attended by both Demetris Yoldasis, Director of the Diplomatic Council of the Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Sarah Mamoun, Assistant Minister of Immigration for Projects and Conferences, and Consultants and members of the Egyptian and Greek Embassies in Cyprus.
Ambassador Saha Jundi, the Minister of Immigration, expressed her happiness and welcome at this meeting, saying, “Today I am very happy to meet friends with whom we unite an old and promising history.”
During her meeting with the Deputy Greek Foreign Minister for Expatriates Affairs, the Minister of Immigration added that this meeting was held to discuss many proposals and joint agreements in the fields of immigration, tourism and investment, and other topics of common interest based on our close historical relationship.
On his part, George Koutseras, Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Expatriates, welcomed his deep gratitude and appreciation for all the efforts made by the Minister of Immigration to support all classes of the Greek community living on the land of Egypt, emphasizing the deep love of the Greek people for Egypt and its civilization, and the importance of bilateral work To strengthen the pillars of stability in both countries, which is what the discussion between President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, during his meeting with his Greek counterpart.
Kotseras expressed his look forward to more bilateral cooperation in many different spheres that transfer to new generations strong ties between the two countries, not only at the political level with unprecedented compatibility and support but also in the fields of economy, art and culture that support the bilateral relationships between the two peoples.
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister for Expatriates Affairs conveyed his country’s desire to support relations at the bilateral level in parallel to the continuation of joint work in the triple framework of the “Revival Roots” initiative with Cyprus in light of the great success he achieved at the level of popular diplomacy for various age groups, and the necessity to build on previous successes in a file Cooperation with the Greek and Cypriot communities and what unites the peoples of the three countries of special historical relationships, and so building on the strength of the bilateral special relations between the two countries Egypt and Greece under their political leadership.
Also discussed was the agreement to start preparations for the next trilateral meeting between Ambassador Saha Jundi, Minister of Immigration, Marios Lesiotis, Cyprus Presidential Commissioner for Expatriates and Returnees, and George Koutseras, Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Expatriate Affairs, as one of the top centred countries of the three jurisdictions is selected to hold the preparatory meeting for the edition The fifth part of the “Revive Roots” initiative, giving opportunities for new generations to know the history of relations between the two countries through recordings (which the Egyptian minister suggested to be an archive for future generations who know the common history of their ancestors), and organizing cultural events periodically that show to new generations the truth of the closeness of people.
As per the official update, the Minister also stressed the need to work on developing the fronts of cooperation under the darkness of the “Revival to the Roots” initiative by launching more sub-initiatives for youth and tourism, pointing out that there are many topics to be developed within the framework of which the three countries lack focus on cooperation, such as investment, and sea tourism Yacht tourism, ports, food tourism, religious tourism, and therapeutic tourism, Egypt will soon hold a conference, which will promote the three countries as tourist destinations in the joint regional framework, where the Greek official invited St Catherine Monastery in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, for what has a common historical and religious value between the two peoples, It was also agreed to intensify meetings at the ministerial level and at the level of the youth of the three countries Egypt, Cyprus and Greece.
On his part, George Koutseras invited Ambassador Saha Jundi, the Minister of Immigration, to visit Greece, evaluating Egypt’s recent position in providing all aspects of support and assistance to Greece in fighting forest fires as a result of rising temperatures, which is a situation that Greece will not forget.
The Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs has asked the Ministry of Education and the Egyptian concerned ministries to facilitate residency procedures and work permits for Greek teachers working in Greek schools, which promised to consult with the relevant ministries to resolve.
In this regard, the lady Minister of Immigration pointed to Egypt’s keenness for joint coordination of international conventions, offering all aspects of support to the Greek community living in Egypt, mostly based in the city of Alexandria, having many schools, social clubs and Greek societies there, Alexandria being a city of diverse cultures and an international port embraced many of the communities Foreign over the ages, and the importance of continuing dialogue between peoples, as the coastal city has since ancient times been a source of dialogue in thought, literature and science.
During the meeting, the pending meetings were agreed with friendly countries that have joint relations with the three countries, which was agreed at the last ministerial meeting to be led by France and the United States to seek cooperation between the three-country committees in a number of private fields such as medical or investment or Scientific.
The meeting concluded with the confirmation of Ambassador Saha undi, the Minister of Immigration, and George Koutseras, Deputy Greek Foreign Minister for Expatriates Affairs, on the preparation of joint programs for youth and expatriates from the three countries to revive and remember shared roots, history and culture.
