MIDEAST: Jordan keen to import Cyprus gas

Jordan is interested to import natural gas from Cyprus’ offshore gasfields and Cyprus is willing to supply Jordan with natural gas as soon as the infrastructures is ready, House President Yiannakis Omirou said on Tuesday after welcoming the President of the Jordanian Senate Abdur-Rau’f Rawabdeh to Cyprus.
Omirou stated that they discussed the threat to the region from the Islamic State and that Cyprus and Jordan constitute factors of stability, peace and cooperation in the region.
“We will work to continuously improve and strengthen the relations between the two parliaments”, and between the two countries in the fields of energy, economy and politics”, Rawabdeh said.