Israel, Cyprus to start technical talks on electricity link in July

NICOSIA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Technical committees from Israel and Cyprus are scheduled to open talks in July on an energy interconnector between the two eastern Mediterranean countries, the first such project in the region, Cyprus's Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry George Papanastasiou said here on Monday.

The decision to set up the committees was reached during Papanastasiou's visit to Israel last week