Greek Minister of Environment and Energy Kostis Hatzidakis met with his Israeli counterpart Yuval Steinitz, on Tuesday, in the context of the Greek Prime Minister’s official visit to Israel.

During their meeting, the two Ministers expressed their strong commitment to the construction of the EastMed pipeline, while highlighting the strategic importance and the viability of this project both for the contracting states and for the EU as a whole.

Hatzidakis and Steinitz signed a Joint Declaration on issues of energy cooperation, which relates to the joint projects that promote energy security in Greece and Israel.

The importance of the Greece (Crete)-Cyprus-Israel electricity connection –which is being implemented as a Project of Common Interest by the EuroAsia Interconnector– was also part of the meeting’s agenda.

Furthermore, the two Ministers discussed the deepening of the trilateral cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Israel, trough the 3+1 initiative which includes the USA, and also through the East Med Gas Forum.

“We are moving decisively towards the construction of the East Med natural gas pipeline. With the same decisiveness, we will proceed along with Cyprus to the construction of the Crete-Cyprus-Israel electricity connection”, Hatzidakis said, in his statements after the completion of the meeting.

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