Cyprus joins Greece and Egypt to fight terror and human traffickers

LARNACA, Cyprus – Stepping up co-operation in a number of areas, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt said they will work together to combat terrorism and human trafficking as part of a greater scheme to improve security in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The meeting agreed that exchanging information was “exceptionally important” as the countries seek to combat terrorism in the region, said Cypriot Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides, the news agency Agence France Press reported.

Fokaides said cooperation between the countries has brought results already in economic ventures, energy and tourism to health and agriculture.

“We are investing the best possible cooperation to tackle in the best possible way new threats, such as terrorist violence and the illicit trafficking of migrants and weapons and to create security conditions for maritime and energy,” Fokaides said, the Cyprus Mail reported.

He added that the Eastern Mediterranean has always been a major crossroads for navigation but today it can also become a catalyst for the development and economic progress of the peoples of the region, through cooperation to exploit the energy wealth of the region, ‘which at the same time, is of paramount importance as an alternative source of energy for Europe’.

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