Cyprus changes tack with plan for Mediterranean gas link to Israel - REUTERS

June 21, 20235:22 AM GMT+3
Michele Kambas

• Cyprus wants shorter gas pipeline to Israel
• Part of broader project to get EastMed gas to Europe fast
• New Cyprus government talking to Israel on plans
• Longer pipeline through Med 'challenging'

NICOSIA, June 20 (Reuters) - Cyprus hopes to develop plans for a pipeline linking it to Israel's east Mediterranean gas fields during talks which start next month, the island's top energy official told Reuters.

Proposals by the new centrist Cypriot government, which came to power in March, represent a markedly different approach to its predecessors in getting gas to Europe and other markets.