The Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry, Ms Natasha Pileidou, leaves tonight for Cairo, where tomorrow, Wednesday 7 December 2022, she will chair the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the regional intergovernmental organization East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), the last to be held under the Cyprus Presidency of the Forum for 2022.
The agenda of the meeting includes the assumption of the EMGF Presidency for 2023 by the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Tarek El Molla, as well as the approval of the Forum's budget for the same year. In addition, it is expected to adopt the proposal of the Cyprus Presidency of the EMGF to establish a permanent Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the Forum, which will support its work through recommendations on technologies and policies to minimize the carbon footprint of the natural gas activities of its members. In addition, the Commission will work to promote measures in the energy sector to prevent and mitigate the effects of climate change.
The Ministers of the EMGF member countries will also be invited to endorse the results of the study on "The Role of and Opportunity for East Mediterranean Gas in Rapidly Evolving Global and European Gas Markets", as well as the report of the Forum on Unfracking.
The ceremonial part of the 8th EMGF Ministerial Meeting, which will start tomorrow at 9 am, will be streamed live on the Forum's official website (https:/emgf.org).
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