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Greece, Egypt, Cyprus and Europe sign energy agreements
Seetao 2021-10-21 16:03
  • Nowadays, countries all over the world are facing an energy crisis, and the prices of natural gas, oil and coal continue to rise.
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Greece, Cyprus and Egypt have signed a power agreement, which may include Egyptian solar power and may supply electricity to other European countries. The agreement was signed at a meeting in Athens between Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mizotakis, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades. of.

Mitsotakis said the transaction involved the "interconnection" of neighboring countries and the transmission of electricity to their respective networks. With the diversification of energy sources, Egypt can become a supplier of electricity mainly produced by solar energy, while Greece will become a power distribution station in Europe," Mizotakis added. Countries around the world are facing an energy crisis with natural gas, oil and coal. The price of energy continues to rise. El-Sisi said that the agreement aims to "strengthen energy cooperation."

In a joint statement, the neighboring countries of the Mediterranean said: “This interconnection not only strengthens cooperation and energy security between these three countries, but also strengthens cooperation with Europe.” The statement said: “This will be a kind of The way to deliver large amounts of electricity from the eastern Mediterranean and to the eastern Mediterranean.” The three countries also expressed their intention to explore and transfer natural gas in the area.

Energy cooperation between Eastern Mediterranean countries often angers Turkey, which focuses on the region’s oil and natural gas reserves. Mizotakis said: "Unfortunately, Ankara does not understand the information of the times. It is clearly a threat to peace in the region that it damages the wishes of neighboring countries." In 2020, when Turkey sent a survey ship and a small naval fleet to As Greece conducts research on waters that the treaty considers to be its own, tensions intensify. Keywords: engineering construction, engineering news

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs lashed out at the joint statement late on Tuesday, arguing that it was another example of a "hostile policy" against Turkey and Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus. Although Ankara supports energy projects that "strengthen regional cooperation among countries", the Ministry emphasized that the rights and interests of Turkey and Northern Cyprus "should not be ignored by these projects." Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey occupied the north in an attempt to incorporate the island into Greece in response to a coup planned by the military government backed by Athens. Although Turkey tried to normalize relations with Egypt this year after the fallout in 2013, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs also criticized Cairo’s cooperation with Greece and Cyprus, including Egypt, indicating that the Egyptian government has not yet grasped the true nature of cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. address.Editor/XingWentao

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