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The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Nicos Christodoulides, received this afternoon, at the Presidential Palace, the CEO of ENI, Mr. Claudio Descalzi, in the presence of the Minister of Energy, Mr. George Papanastasiou.
After the meeting, the Energy Minister told reporters, among other things, that "we discussed how quickly we can develop the fields in Block 6 and the area around it and there is an intention in the coming weeks to have additional discussions with ENI so that we can have some plan for the development of the fields and, at the same time, to see the possibility of how much gas can come to Cyprus for power generation purposes."
In response to a question, the Minister said: "We have also discussed the issue of Israel which ENI sees it in a somewhat positive way, assuming that there are those quantities that would justify the development of infrastructure in Cyprus for LNG export purposes."
He added that "there is interest, there will be a proposal once we talk to TOTAL and there will be a discussion that we will take to the next level to see how quickly we can have gas in Cyprus for power generation purposes."
For his part, Mr. Descalzi said, among other things, that he "had a very positive meeting with the President and the Minister" with whom he discussed "what we did and what we will do in the future" because, he said, there will be drilling in Block 6 by the end of the year.
Asked about the issue of building a pipeline between Cyprus and Israel, he said that ENI always supports the government and added that the issue is part of the discussions.
(PM/EP)
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