VOL. XLIV

No 40

1-October-2001

CYPRUS/EGYPT/SYRIA

Cyprus To Examine Gas Pipeline,Exploration With Egypt And Syria

The eastern Mediterranean islandof Cyprus announced on 25 September that it would establish a tripartite committeewith Egypt and Syria to examine the possible construction of an underwaternatural gas pipeline running from Syria to the island. Government sources inNicosia informed MEES that the Cyprus-Syria pipeline would be an extensionof the proposed $700mn, 850km natural gas...