Egypt can receive as much quantities of natural gas as Cyprus can export, the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt Sherif Ismail said after a meeting here today between delegations of the Republic of Cyprus and the Arab Republic of Egypt which discussed the prospects of closer cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector.
In joint statements with Energy Minister of Cyprus Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, Ismail noted that the possibility of re-exporting Cypriot natural gas from Egypt “is an option that we are considering,” adding that “we discussed the details of how we are going to move forward with exporting natural gas from Aphrodite (block 12 of Cyprus` EEZ) to Egypt.”
On his part, Lakkotrypis said they agreed to speed up the discussions for the export of Cypriot natural gas to Egypt.
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