Greece's Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis has expressed the view that if a third country obstructs the laying of the electric cable connecting Greece and Cyprus, "there will be consequences."
Speaking on Action 24, Gerapetritis argued that previously the laying "was not stopped because of the Turkish reaction but because it was completed according to plan."
Regarding the timetable for the work, he said that "the exact date has not yet been set, which is something that will have to be done in cooperation with the company; its scope is infinitely greater than any other project, covering a very large area of the Eastern European maritime space, Navtex notices must be issued in sections, so there are a number of issues that need to be resolved." He added that "it will be a decision that will be implemented in the very near future."
In addition, Gerapetritis emphasised that there will be a meeting between the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in New York between 22 and 26 September, which, as he said, "will not be formal," expressing the expectation that "the existing differences will be mitigated."
(Source: CNA)
