Mitsotakis calls Great Sea Interconnector a European project
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted EU funding, French participation and US support for the planned Cyprus-Greece-Israel electricity link.
Athens, Greece. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday that the Great Sea Interconnector is “no longer merely a Greek and Cypriot project” but a “European project”. If completed, the cable will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel.
European funding and French participation
Speaking to television channel Skai, Mitsotakis said the project had been European from the outset, noting that it had received more than €600 million in European subsidies.
He said the participation of France and French investment firm Meridiam as the project’s majority shareholder demonstrated its political and economic importance to France, which he described as a friendly nation.
US support for interconnection projects
Mitsotakis also referred to comments made the previous day by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying Rubio had clearly stated that the United States supported such interconnection projects.
“They support them, I believe, for the right reasons,” Mitsotakis said. “Specifically, because the project could eventually extend as far as Israel, something which is obviously of particular interest to the United States.”
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