President Reuven Rivlin says cooperation between his country and Cyprus on intelligence, security and terror prevention has made the Mediterranean “much, much safer.”
After talks with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades, Rivlin says Israeli-Cypriot security ties “have never been better” with the two countries’ navies and commando units sharing “space, knowledge and experience.”
Rivlin says the focus of the neighbors’ strategic partnership that includes Greece is developing the East Med gas pipeline that “could be one of the greatest underwater projects in the world.”
The envisioned pipeline would carry natural gas from deposits in the east Mediterranean to Europe via Greece and Italy.
Rivlin says energy cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean could also benefit Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians. He adds the Israel-Cyprus-Greece partnership could be expanded.
— AP
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