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    i24news: Exclusive - Italy Seeking Israeli-Egyptian-Italian Natural Gas Export Cooperation

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Italy is proposing that it, Israel, and Egypt cooperate on natural gas following Italian firm Eni's massive discovery in the Zohr field off the Egyptian coast

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

i24news: Exclusive - Italy Seeking Israeli-Egyptian-Italian Natural Gas Export Cooperation

Italy has proposed a joint Italian-Israeli-Egypt cooperation on natural gas, i24news has learned. Representatives of the Italian energy company Eni are expected to arrive in Israel this week and will be meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz to discuss ideas for joining forces on gas exports to Europe.

The issue was first discussed by Netanyahu and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in their August 30 meeting in Florence, which took place hours after Cairo announced the historic discovery of a natural gas field off the coast of Egypt.

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