CAIRO - 31 March 2022: During the Egyptian, Greek, and Cypriot Tripartite Summit held mid-October, the three countries signed electricity linkage MoUs among them. President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi noted in the press conference that the electricity linkage with Greece and Cyprus is getting Egypt close to linkage with Europe. Similarly, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated that electricity linkage with Egypt is aimed at the diversification of energy sources pointing out that Egypt will be an essential source of solar energy supplied to Europe. Electricity Linkage with Non-EU CountriesThe non-EU countries sharing interconnection links with the EU are still located on the European continent. Such crises can also be mitigated through electricity linkage with countries not even located on the European continent.

Source: Libya Today March 31, 2022 20:14 UTC