DNA: Cyprus, Israel, Greece close ranks with gas pipeline
Netanyahu said the three countries were to form a trilateral committee to study plans to build a pipeline between Israel and Cyprus and on to Greece for gas exports to Europe.
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades hosted a three-way meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras focused on plans to build a gas pipeline to Europe.
With Cyprus, which lies just 100 kilometres from the Syrian coast, on the fringes of a region wracked by conflict, the three countries say cooperation holds the key to regional stability. While the alliance has emerged around gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean, water resources and tourism were also high on the agenda of the talks, said Cypriot government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides.
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Update #1: Leaders of Cyprus, Greece, Israel meet to boost cooperation -- AP
Update #2: Cyprus, Israel, Greece see gas pipeline as peace catalyst (AFP)
WNU Editor: The dynamics behind this get-together is interesting. Greece needs money, Cyprus needs money, and Israel needs money and allies in the region. Since no one else wants to work with them, they have gotten together to see what they can develop.
Is that really Netanyahu in the picture? I didn't think he knew how to smile.
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