{"id":7270,"date":"2020-01-13T19:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7270"},"modified":"2021-04-18T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T18:39:00","slug":"turkey-muscles-in-on-the-israel-greece-cyprus-eastmed-gas-pipeline-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2020\/01\/13\/turkey-muscles-in-on-the-israel-greece-cyprus-eastmed-gas-pipeline-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Muscles-In on the Israel-Greece-Cyprus EastMed Gas Pipeline Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2020\/01\/13\/turkey-muscles-in-on-the-israel-greece-cyprus-eastmed-gas-pipeline-deal\/greece-israel-cyprus-politics-energy-diplomacy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7271\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eastmed-pipeline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eastmed-pipeline.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eastmed-pipeline-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Israel, Greece and Cyprus have signed an agreement for a pipeline project to ship natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean region to Europe. The deal comes amid increasing tensions with Turkey as Ankara seeks to expand its claims over gas-rich areas of the Mediterranean Sea.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Turkey Muscles-In on the Israel-Greece-Cyprus EastMed Gas Pipeline Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15424\/eastmed-pipeline-conflict-turkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | January 13, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Israel, Greece and Cyprus have signed an agreement for a pipeline project to ship natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean region to Europe. The deal comes amid increasing tensions with Turkey as Ankara seeks to expand its claims over gas-rich areas of the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, along with their energy ministers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-cyprus-israel-pipeline\/greece-israel-cyprus-sign-eastmed-gas-pipeline-deal-idUSKBN1Z10R5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> the so-called EastMed pipeline deal in Athens on January 2.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-billion-euro ($6.6 billion) project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy-sea.gov.il\/English-Site\/Pages\/Gas%20Markets\/Israels-Export-Options.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">envisages<\/a> the construction of a 1,900-kilometer (1,180-mile) undersea pipeline that would carry up to 20 billion cubic meters of gas a year from Israeli and Cypriot waters to Crete and then on to the Greek mainland. From there, the gas would be shipped to Italy and other countries in southeastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15424\/eastmed-pipeline-conflict-turkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel, Greece and Cyprus have signed an agreement for a pipeline project to ship natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean region to Europe. 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