Athens and Cairo plan Greek-Egypt cultural tourism year

The content of the strategic relations between Greece and Egypt and the possibilities of their further deepening with an emphasis on culture and shipping, and their reflection on security stability in the Eastern Mediterranean region, is stressed by the Egyptian ambassador in Athens, Omar Amer Youssef, in an interview to Athens-Macedonian Press Agency (ANA-MPA) and journalist Dimitris Manolis published on Sunday. 

Asked to comment on what he meant by 'strategic relationship', the ambassador replied that the two countries have gone beyond the usual bilateral relations and collaborated in depth in different fields.

Bilateral relations, the ambassador pointed out, provide a platform for deeper cooperation both in customary areas, but also extend to new ones, such as energy, investment, data transfer, IT, agriculture, industry, and tourism.

In addition to these successful and key cooperation projects, the Egyptian ambassador highlighted that there were opportunities for further development of relations in culture, tourism, shipping, and the connection of the ports of the two countries.

Ambassador Omar Amer Youssef made a special reference to the prospects of deepening cooperation in the field of culture, specifically, revealing that this year the two countries are considering launching a Greek-Egypt cultural tourism year, to bring the two peoples and cultures closer together. As he pointed out, "We have the Pyramids, you have the Acropolis. How will we connect the Acropolis with the Pyramids?".

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