Mohamed Bin Salman promises in Greece “green and cheap energy” for Europe

Greece and Saudi Arabia have closed this Tuesday a agreement that will connect Europe and Asia through an underwater gas pipeline and have discussed the possibility of joining forces to provide the European Union with energy.

The call East to Med dating Corridor It will be developed by MENA HUB, owned by the Saudi STC and the Greek telecommunications and satellite applications company TTSA.

The deal was finalized during a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Athens, the first to a European Union Member State since the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Bin Salman’s last official visit outside of The Middle East went to Japan in 2019 for a G20 summit.

“We can provide Greece and South West Europe with much cheaper renewable energyPrince Mohammed told Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Bilateral agreements were also signed in the fields of energy and military cooperation, among others.

Mitsotakis viewed Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit as an opportunity to further discuss regional developments and “how to further cement this important relationship between our two countrieswith particular emphasis on economic cooperation”.

Mitsotakis has been one of several Western leaders to visit Riyadh since Khashoggi’s assassination at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which sparked an outcry in the West and tarnished the prince’s image as a reformer pushing to open up Saudi Arabiathe world’s leading oil exporter.

The President of France, Emmanuel Macronalso visited Riyadh last year and US President Joe Biden met with Prince Mohammed on a trip to Saudi Arabia earlier this month as Washington works to ease tension with Riyadh.

US intelligence has implicated the prince in Khashoggi’s murder, an allegation the prince and Saudi authorities deny. After Greece, Prince Mohammed will travel to France.