Thank you for reading the news about Cyprus, Greece, Israel to sign pipeline deal on Jan. 2 and now with the detailsJeddah - Yasmine El Tohamy - Cyprus, Greece, Israel to sign pipeline deal on Jan. 2ATHENS: The Greek government said Sunday it will sign an agreement for a huge pipeline project with Cyprus and Israel next month that is designed to ship gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe. The 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) pipeline will be able to transfer between nine and 12 billion cubic meters a year from offshore gas reserves between Israel and Cyprus to Greece, and then on to Italy and other southeastern European countries. The EastMed project is expected to make Cyprus, Greece and Israel key links in Europe’s energy supply chain and aims to stymie Turkey’s effort to extend its control to the eastern Mediterranean. Greece responded angrily to the Turkey-Libya deal, expelling the Libyan ambassador and urging the UN to condemn it. These were the details of the news Cyprus, Greece, Israel to sign pipeline deal on Jan. 2 for this day.

Source: Libya Today December 22, 2019 20:26 UTC