Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Sunday discussed with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendis the cooperation between the two countries in various security and economic fields.
Jerusalem – .. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today (Thursday) in his Jerusalem office with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dandias and discussed with him the strengthening of economic and diplomatic cooperation between Israel and Greece," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met here today with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dandis and discussed boosting economic and diplomatic cooperation between Israel and Greece and pushing forward the East Med gas pipeline project between Israel and Europe. pic.twitter.com/5FGOeEWC4k
– Benjamin Netanyahu (@Israelipm_ar) July 28, 2019
"The meeting discussed ways to push the East-Med gas pipeline project between Israel and Europe forward," the statement added.
Earlier in the day, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz discussed Sunday with his Greek counterpart Dondis the strengthening of bilateral and security relations between the two countries.
"I met with the new Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendis and talked to him about the regional threats to Greek and Cypriot security," the Israeli foreign minister said in a tweet at his Twitter account.
I met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias. We continue to strengthen our cooperation and promote the gas pipeline project between Israel and Europe pic.twitter.com/4sVu8qPZeL
– Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) July 28, 2019
"The meeting discussed strengthening security relations and energy, economy and innovation between the two countries," he added.
For his part, the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its official website on Twitter that "Minister Dundis was received from his Israeli counterpart Yisrael Katz at the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Minister Dundis also met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the Israeli presidency."
The East-Med gas project includes the construction of a 1,300 km of sea pipeline from the Eastern Mediterranean gas field to southern Greece, as well as a 600 km long pipeline to western Greece, linking existing pipelines to transport gas to Italy and other countries. European Union. Preliminary estimates indicate that about 10 billion cubic meters of gas will be transported annually.
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