The 2nd Trilateral Political
Consultations at the level of Secretaries General of the Ministries of Foreign
Affairs of Israel, Greece and Cyprus were held in Jerusalem this week between Israeli MFA Director General, Ambassador Dore Gold, and his
counterparts from Greece and Cyprus,
The three parties examined regional and
international issues in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean in view of
the importance that they attribute to their enhanced bilateral ties and the
desire to formalize a trilateral regional partnership as a promoter of regional
stability, security and cooperation.
The three parties focused on the prospects
for cooperation in the fields of:
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Energy Development
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Immigration
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Fighting Terrorism
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Tourism
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Environment
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Water Management
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Research and Technology
They also discussed the trilateral
cooperation in a wide range of issues including search and rescue, civil
protection, economic cooperation, shipping, health and medicine, education,
agriculture and fisheries, conflict resolution, people-to-people contacts and
culture. The discussions reflected the common will to enhance even further the
partnership between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus in all fields.
Secretary General Ambassador Paraskevopoulos from Greece,
from his part, stressed the need to comprehensively address the crucial issue
of current refugee flows from crisis regions and their humanitarian, social and
financial implications, as well as their root causes.
Permanent Secretary Ambassador Zenon, Cyrus briefed
his counterparts on the negotiations process under the United Nations auspices
aiming at a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus Problem,
based on international law and the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions.
The three parties agreed to further promote
trilateral consultations and to expand their dialogue on all levels with the aim
of promoting mutual interests and contributing to regional peace, stability,
security and prosperity
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