World Bulletin: Turkey pipeline not on agenda: Greek Cypriot energy min

Greek Cypriot Energy Minister Yorgos Lakkotripis has said that a gas pipeline from Cyprus to Europe across Turkey is not among the options the administration is currently considering.

According to the Greek Cypriot Simerini newspaper, Lakkotripis said that the Greek Cypriot administration was considering all scenarios, including the possibility of building an LNG plant in Vasiliko, even though they currently do not have enough natural gas to realize it, but a pipeline through Turkey has not been considered.

Lakkotripis, who was in Lebanon last week, said that the Greek Cypriot administration was beginning to form close ties with Lebanon, Egypt and Israel regarding the natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean and said that officials from each country were due to visit the island as part of the negotiation process.
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