The President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides and the Vice President of Chevron, the managing company of the field, Frank Cassulo, have reaffirmed their support for the development of the “Aphrodite” liquified natural gas field in Cyprus’ EEZ.

According to an announcement by the Presidency, in his statement, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said that, during his time in New York, President Christodoulides met with a delegation of the US giant, led by the Vice President of the company.

“The President of the Republic and the Vice President of the company reaffirmed their support for the ‘Aphrodite’ project, a project of strategic importance both for the energy planning of Cyprus, the wider region, but also for the company itself,” Letymbiotis said in his statement.

He also noted that “in the next period, with the road map that has been drawn up through a specific taking of actions and steps, the relevant Ministry of Energy and the Chevron company will proceed to be in close coordination and close cooperation for this strategically important project.”

The meeting with President Christodoulides took place after the joint statement of the Ministry of Energy and the US company, following their meetings in Nicosia, to hold discussions over the next four months “in order to seek a consensual arrangement that ensures the development of the ‘Aphrodite’ field without further delays,” as the Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou had stated.

The consortium that holds the license to develop the field had announced that it had filed an amended development and production plan for ‘Aphrodite’, worth $4 billion, with the Ministry of Energy on 2 September.