Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday received Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi who visited Greece for talks at the government headquarters in Athens.

The Egyptian president expressed hope that the trilateral cooperation launched between Greece, Egypt and Cyprus will form a “nucleus for cooperation” in the region and referred to the need for stability in the Middle East.

“Our cooperation rests on very firm foundations and we attach great importance to expanding it,” Tsipras stated.

He noted that their discussion had been an opportunity for a broad review of relations between Greece and Egypt, as well as developments in the region.

Greek Prime Minister referred to the prospects of cooperation in the energy sector, in delineating sea boundaries, connections between ports, in the construction sector and infrastructure, emphasizing on the developments in the energy sector and the expansion of the Suez Canal.