Mitsotakis in El Alamein for trilateral summit

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in El Alamein, Egypt, on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, to take part in the informal trilateral meeting of the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. According to the announced programme, the visit included a bilateral meeting between the Greek prime minister and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at 12:00, followed by the informal trilateral summit at 13:30 and press statements scheduled for 14:30. The day’s programme had been made public in advance, giving a clear picture of the diplomatic agenda ahead of the prime minister’s arrival in Egypt, with three distinct stages covering both the bilateral and trilateral dimensions of the visit.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in El Alamein at midday on Tuesday, where he was received by the Egyptian president. The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, also took part in the trilateral meeting, completing the triangular framework of cooperation the three states have developed in recent years in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greece-Cyprus-Egypt trilateral is one of the main channels of regional cooperation in the wider area, with the three countries gradually strengthening their political and strategic coordination through regular meetings at leader level in recent years.

Tuesday’s meeting, on 8 September 2026, took place in El Alamein, on Egypt’s northern coast. For Greece, the continuation of the trilateral format fits into the country’s wider foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the three countries coordinate at political and strategic level. Which specific issues were on the table had not been announced by any of the three sides at the time of writing, nor had an agenda for the talks been made public beyond the day’s timetable. TodayGrid does not attribute to the three leaders positions or statements that have not been announced.

The visit had been reported by the Greek press as early as 4 September 2026, when “TA NEA” reported that the prime minister would be in El Alamein on Tuesday, 8 September, for a meeting with the Egyptian president. The announcement of the detailed timetable followed a few days later. The content of the talks between the three leaders had not been announced at the time this article was written, since the scheduled press statements had not yet taken place. No specific outcome, agreement or joint announcement from the trilateral summit has emerged, nor has any statement been made by the three leaders. TodayGrid will update this report once the findings of the meeting are announced by the three sides and the scheduled press statements are made by the three leaders in El Alamein.