FM hails Israeli stance on Greek sovereignty

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias expressed his satisfaction during his visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday that the government of Israel clearly stood up for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and sovereign rights of Greece.

"Greece and Israel have forged a durable partnership at the strategic level, based on common interests and converging perspectives on many challenges, as well as on a shared respect for an international order based on international rules and a shared vision for their neighborhood," Dendias said after his meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Yitzhak Herzog and his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.

He added that there was "broad identification on a number of issues," referring to energy, the economy and defense. 

He also discussed the Asia-Europe electrical interconnection project with a cable linking Israel, Cyprus and Greece,...