The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United Arab Emirates held their first joint meeting on Friday in the coastal town of Pafos -a meeting made possible by the recent normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE- stressing the importance and symbolism of this meeting for the cooperation, peace, stability and prosperity of the region.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said that the meeting signifies the new era the region has entered, driven by a common vision of stability, prosperity and peace through cooperation.
He also said that he briefed them on the latest developments on the Cyprus problem, adding that “we all agreed that a reunified Cyprus must be a functional, viable sovereign state, with no foreign interference and anachronistic systems that have no place in the 21st century”.
Among the issues they discussed were the situation in Libya, Syria, Yemen, the situation in Afghanistan, energy, civil protection, genetics and molecular medicine and education.
They stressed that the cooperation is open for other countries of the region.