The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), a planned subsea power cable linking continental Europe with the Eastern Mediterranean, should be reassessed in light of current geopolitical conditions, Cypriot sources told Kathimerini, criticizing Greece’s Foreign Ministry for continuing to fund a project with no clear timeline for completion due to objections from Turkey.
The same sources said the European Union must take a clear position, noting that the project involves two EU member states.
“There is diplomatic handling by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But diplomacy can either yield immediate results or none at all. You can’t continue funnelling money into a project that will be completed only ‘when the time is right’,” one source said according to kathimerini and Chrysa Liangou
The Cypriot side has more broadly linked the issue of financing the project to resolving the underlying geopolitical dispute, implicitly accusing Athens of downplaying the issue during negotiations for the intergovernmental agreement.
“The two states focused on minor details while ignoring the elephant in the room,” one source added, referring to Turkey’s opposition, which led to a halt in seabed surveys in international waters.
Source: pagenews.gr
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