Tripartite summit on Cyprus

The meeting has attracted international interest because it constitutes the only established diplomatic intiative for dialogue and cooperation in the Mediterrenean provided that many believe it is the first step for a new political safety dialogue in a region that experiences intensely and deeply the repercussions of the destabilisation.

According to sources, the meeting is focusing on energy issues, the EEZ and the tackling of terrorism based on the need to confront jihadism, the trade relations and the political dialogue. The three leaders are expected to underline the special weight they give to the need for regional stabilitiy and to support that the trilateral cooperation contributes substantially to the climate of stability needed in the area of the Mediterrenean.

The meeting is held at a period that the bilateral relations are developing rapidly. Last week, the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos met in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart while a few days earlier Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades had visited Athens. Moreover, the relations between Egypt and Cyprus are good and devoping.

Diplomatic sources say that the trilateral meeting is held at a moment that the hopes for progress in the negotiations for the Cyprus issue revive with the election of Mustafa Akinci. Tsipras and Anastasiades will discuss the developments and their strategy for the coming period.