Netanyahu says Pompeo will participate in Israel-Greece-Cyprus summit - KATHIMERINI

THURSDAY MARCH 6, 2019 : 20:24

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel imminently to help with its plan for exporting natural gas to Europe with Cypriot and Greek partners, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

Israel is hoping to enlist several European countries in the construction of a 2,000 kilometre (1,243 mile) pipeline linking vast eastern Mediterranean gas resources to Europe at a cost of $7 billion.

"In a few days, the leaders of Cyprus and Greece will come here, together with ... Pompeo, to advance a gas pipeline from Israel to Europe via these countries," Netanyahu told naval cadets in the port city of Haifa.

The US Embassy in Israel declined comment.

US secretary of state to attend Cyprus trilateral meeting - CYPRUS MAIL

MARCH 2, 2019

GEORGE PSYLLIDES

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be taking part in the next trilateral meeting between Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday.

“US interest in taking part in the trilateral summit between Cyprus, Greece and Israel was conveyed to us some time ago and we were in constant contact to set a specific date,” Christodoulides told the Cyprus News Agency.

“It so happens that the meeting in question with the USA represented at foreign minister level can take place on March 20 in Israel.”

One of the main issues to be discussed is energy security, the minister added.

The meeting comes in the wake of ExxonMobil’s discovery of between 5-8 trillion cubic feet in an offshore field inside the island’s exclusive economic zone.