New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Egypt, Lebanon, Oman and Cyprus have expressed interest in joining the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Gerard Mestrallet, French President's Special Envoy for IMEC, said on Tuesday. He was addressing the IMEC Ports Club Working Day in New Delhi alongside Christophe Castaner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Port of Marseille Fos.

Mestrallet, in India from 5-7 October to advance the IMEC project and France-India cooperation on connectivity, said that "multiple routes" are key for IMEC as disruptions and risks are affecting existing trade links, reinforcing the importance of developing alternative connectivity options linking India, the Middle East and Europe.

"We have eight signatories, and...