Lieberman heads to Cyprus

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman will arrive in Cyprus tomorrow to discuss mutual relations, Israeli news site Walla reported.

“Lieberman is visiting Cyprus tomorrow to meet a number of officials including his counterpart, the foreign minister as well as the head of intelligence,” Walla said.

Discussions are due to centre on mutual relations and ways to benefit them, in addition to a number of other matters, the site said.

Israel hopes to build good links with Cyprus with the aim of supplying it with gas.

Earlier, Israeli researcher Antoine Shalhat said: “Israel may succeed in selling its gas to Cyprus and neighbouring countries such as Greece, but it will not be able to meet the needs of the European Union as the EU has signed an agreement for Russia to provide it with gas.”