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Euronews (5 May 2025)

By Gavin Blackburn with AP
 

The shared commitment for an electricity cable link was affirmed on Sunday when [Greek Cypriot] President Nikos Christodoulides held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a daylong visit to Israel and Ramallah in the West Bank.

Cyprus(*) and Israel are seeking to establish an electricity linkup via an undersea cable that would eliminate their respective energy isolation, a Cypriot official has said.

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said that Israel is particularly keen to ensure that it can rely on Cypriot energy reserves from both conventional and renewable sources to power the country if the need arises.

(*) AVİM uses "Cyprus" as a geographic name. AVİM considers the expression "Republic of Cyprus" to mean the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus.

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