(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriote President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, this morning (Thursday, 20 December 2018), held a trilateral meeting at the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD). After the meeting the leaders toured the National CERT (Cyber Emergency Response Team) and the cyber centers of the Finance and Energy ministries, which are at the INCD.
At the meeting the impediments were lifted ahead of the signing of an inter-governmental agreement on the laying of the East Med gas pipeline which is expected to facilitate the export of gas from Israel through Cyprus and Greece to [the rest of] Europe. The leaders agreed to leave room for other countries to join the initiative.
Earlier, Prime Minister Netanyahu held bilateral meetings with the leaders and discussed with them the deepening of economic and security cooperation between the countries.
The leaders will shortly deliver joint statements and sign agreements on cyber defense, civilian space-related issues and meteorological cooperation.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Cypriote President Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Tsipras will then tour an innovation and cyber exhibition at the Carasso Science Park in Be'er Sheva.
The statements and tour may be viewed
here.