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Source: http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=191306
Israel-Greece Ties in Bloom
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas is expected in Jerusalem on Monday, a week after the minister of state in the Greek Prime Minister's Office, Haris Pamboukis, came to Israel to "map out fields of cooperation" between the two countries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid the first visit by an Israeli prime minister to Greece in August, a month after his Greek counterpart George Papandreou came to Israel. The recent sharp deterioration in ties with Turkey has led to a significant warming of Israel's ties with traditional Turkish rivals in the region, such as Cyprus, Bulgaria and Greece. Among the issues reportedly discussed with Pamboukis was the possibility of building an underwater pipeline from Israel to Greece, through which Israel could export natural gas to Europe. Turkey was in the past considered the logical partner for this pipeline.