The President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the Presidential Palace, where they attended a working lunch as heads of their respective delegations during the fourth Cyprus-Greece-Jordan Trilateral Summit.
During their private trilateral meeting, President Christodoulides said: “Today’s meeting is very significant, as it has been a while since the last one in 2021. I look forward to our discussions on deepening our cooperation and exchanging views on the situation in the Middle East. Yesterday we had a positive development with the agreement between Israel and Lebanon, and we need to see how we move forward considering we have a new American administration”.
Christodoulides added that they would discuss EU-Jordan relations, noting that “Greece and Cyprus are strong supporters of upgrading this relationship to a strategic one”.
Following the private meeting, the three countries signed Memoranda of Understanding and held expanded consultations between their delegations.
The foreign ministers of the three countries signed agreements covering water resources cooperation, education collaboration with emphasis on environmental education and sustainable development, and investment cooperation aimed at strengthening economic and trade ties.
The summit was followed by a bilateral meeting between President Christodoulides and King Abdullah II of Jordan.
In the presence of both leaders, the foreign ministers of the two countries signed a bilateral memorandum between Cyprus and Jordan for cooperation in the small and medium-sized enterprises sector.
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