In the scope of the current crisis in the Middle East and subsequent security and stability risks for the entire region, the tripartite inter-parliamentary cooperation of Cyprus, Greece, Israel, becomes even more essential and useful for exchanging views to address common challenges, Presidents of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committees of the three countries stressed on Thursday. According to a House press release an online meeting took place today between Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs Harris Georgiades, Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament Dora Bakoyannis and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. During the meeting, the added value of parliamentary diplomacy to serve the ultimate goal of ensuring regional peace and stability was also underlined. Harris Georgiades emphasized the importance of maintaining cooperation with the countries of the broader region and the revival in this context of the Abraham Accords. In this regard, he underlined the need for a more active role on the part of the European Union, as well as the importance of maintaining US engagement in the region. Georgiades also pointed out that the military path cannot be the only possible option for achieving a sustainable solution to the current crisis and emphasized the prominent role of diplomacy, including its parliamentary dimension, in building lasting peace and stability. Finally, the Presidents of the three Committees expressed the common will to hold a meeting to continue and further deepen the dialogue and cooperation between them and to promote aforementioned goals. Source: Cyprus News Agency

In the scope of the current crisis in the Middle East and subsequent security and stability risks for the entire region, the tripartite inter-parliamentary cooperation of Cyprus, Greece, Israel, becomes even more essential and useful for exchanging views to address common challenges, Presidents of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committees of the three countries stressed on Thursday. According to a House press release an online meeting took place today between Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs Harris Georgiades, Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament Dora Bakoyannis and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. During the meeting, the added value of parliamentary diplomacy to serve the ultimate goal of ensuring regional peace and stability was also underlined. Harris Georgiades emphasized the importance of maintaining cooperation with the countries of the broader region and the revival in this context of the Abraham Accords. In this regard, he underlined the need for a more active role on the part of the European Union, as well as the importance of maintaining US engagement in the region. Georgiades also pointed out that the military path cannot be the only possible option for achieving a sustainable solution to the current crisis and emphasized the prominent role of diplomacy, including its parliamentary dimension, in building lasting peace and stability. Finally, the Presidents of the three Committees expressed the common will to hold a meeting to continue and further deepen the dialogue and cooperation between them and to promote aforementioned goals. Source: Cyprus News Agency