The Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, George Papanastasiou, participates today in the first EU-MED 9 Energy Ministers' Meeting taking place in Malta, with his counterparts from France, Greece, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.

According to a statement, during the Summit the Ministers of the nine Mediterranean EU member states will discuss ways to strengthen their energy security and, at the same time, accelerate their green energy transition efforts, based on the EU's goal for climate neutrality by 2050. The aim is to develop the Mediterranean Green Energy Hub, through which green energy can be transferred to the EU and third countries.

The work of the Summit is expected to conclude with a Joint Statement by the EU-MED 9 Energy Ministers, while Papanastasiou will return to Cyprus in the evening.