The firm position of the EPP is that the EastMed pipeline must be our first choice, said the party's President, Marinos Sizopoulos, after meetings in Athens on Friday afternoon with Dimitris Koutsoubas, General Secretary of the KKE and Alexis Tsipras, President of SYRIZA.
According to a press release issued by the EDEK, previously Mr. Sizopoulos, who was accompanied by Deputy President Maria Vassiliadou and party Director General Morfakis Solomonides, met with Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Konstantinos Gioulekas, Member of Parliament of the New Democracy, Andreas Loverdos, Member of Parliament of Kinal, Kyriakos Velopoulos, President of Hellenic Solution, and Sofia Sakorafa, Member of Parliament of Mera25.
During his meetings with Mr. Koutsoubas and Mr. Tsipras, the President of the EDEK presented to his interlocutors the positions of the EDEK on energy issues and it was evident that these proposals were well received, the press release said.
In particular, in the case of the exploitation of natural gas in the region, it was discussed that Turkey should not have any involvement in its exploitation. The EPP's firm position is that the EastMed pipeline should be our first choice, it noted.
In case this cannot be possible because it may be deemed unviable or time-consuming to build it, consider the option of liquefying and transporting the region's liquefied natural gas or building a gas-fired power plant and connecting it to the euroasia interconnector to transport electricity to Europe.
All this should be considered in relation to the cost and quantity of gas found in the region, the press release concludes.
Source: CNA
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