UAE joins Egypt-led Eastern Med Gas Forum - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Mohamed Sabry

Dec 21, 2020

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (R), Greece's Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis (2nd-R), Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Tarek el-Molla (2nd-L) and Cypriot Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis (L) attend the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, in Cairo, on Jan. 16, 2020. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

(From L to R) Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a photo before signing a deal to build the EastMed subsea pipeline to carry natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe, at the Zappeion Hall in Athens, Greece, January 2, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RC2U7E9A69GD

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