At a ministerial summit in Tel Aviv on Monday 3 April, Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Italy agreed to increase their cooperation in taking forward, with EU support, their plans for the 2,000 km long underwater gas pipeline "EastMed", to carry the gas recently discovered in the Eastern Mediterranean to the markets of southern Europe.
“This is the beginning of a wonderful friendship between four Mediterranean countries”, said Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz at a press conference....