Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry, Michalis Damianos, departs Monday for Egypt, where he will be one of the keynote speakers at the opening of the Mediterranean Offshore Conference, in Alexandria, following an official invitation from the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
A press release by the Ministry says that Damianos will take part on Tuesday in a ministerial discussion with the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt, Karim Badawi, on the subject of “Building an Integrated East Mediterranean Energy Market”.
The two Ministers will also hold the official opening and tour the trade fair pavilions and participate in a panel on Egypt’s energy future and the prospects for investment and partnerships.
On the sidelines of the conference, the Cyprus Minister will meet privately with his Egyptian counterpart Karim Badawi. He is scheduled to have separate meetings with delegations of high-ranking executives from the American company Chevron, the French company TotalEnergies and the Italian company ENI.
The Energy Minister’s working visit to Egypt will conclude Wednesday, with a tour of the LNG terminal, as well as the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in the city of Damietta.
