- This affirms President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s vision to activate the government’s policy, which aims to consolidate Egypt’s role as a regional centre for energy.
- The Electricity minister stated that the Egyptian political leadership is interested in electrical linkage projects.
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker received the Ambassador of Greece to Cairo, Νikolaos Papageorgiou, to discuss cooperation between Egypt and Greece in the electricity and renewable energy field as developments in the joint power linkage project between the two countries. This comes as an affirmation of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s vision to activate the government’s policy, which aims to consolidate Egypt’s role as a regional centre for energy in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Shaker praised the efforts to complete the necessary procedures for the joint power linkage project, considered an essential gateway for linking Egypt and Europe through Greece and Cyprus. The minister noted that this historic project is of great importance to Egypt’s strategic plan to achieve economic development and energy security and is one of the projects that help link Egypt to the European electrical network. Thus Egypt will be a regional centre for the energy exchange.
During the meeting, the Electricity minister stated that the Egyptian political leadership is interested in electrical linkage projects. In addition, the power linkage project in the south towards the African continent to take advantage of the enormous potential of water energy in Africa, as the electrical linkage between the north and south of the Mediterranean will work to absorb the vast energies that will be generated from clean energy. Papageorgiou added that the power linkage project achieves economic and political benefits for the concerned countries and noted that the project implementation enhances the partnership between Egypt and Greece and achieves advantages for them. Thus Egypt will be an essential energy carrier for the European continent.