Israel and Cyprus are amongst a number of nations which have dispatched firefighting plane and crews to assist battle wildfires in Greece that consumed huge tracts of forest during the last two months

Nicosia: Greece is working with Israel on growing synthetic intelligence know-how that may assist in early detection of harmful wildfires, the Greek prime minister stated Monday.

After talks together with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides within the Cypriot capital of Nicosia, Kyriakos Mitsotakis additionally stated that Israel may very well be introduced into the European Union fold in terms of civil safety initiatives to higher coordinate firefighting efforts.

Israel and Cyprus are amongst a number of nations which have dispatched firefighting plane and crews to assist battle wildfires in Greece that consumed huge tracts of forest during the last two months, together with the EU’s largest such blaze on file that claimed the lives of 20 folks.

Mitsotakis stated Greece may act as a proving floor for Israeli AI know-how in early detection of wildfires.

“We are already talking to Israel about AI-based solutions that will offer us early detection capabilities,” Said Mitsotakis.

Netanyahu stated the three leaders mentioned “going well beyond” dispatching firefighting plane and crews by deploying AI methods for early detection.

“This is really one of those areas where when we say we’ll do it better together, there’s no question that that’s the case,” Netanyahu stated.

The three leaders stated they delved into methods to harness current pure gasoline discoveries in Israeli and Cypriot waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

Netanyahu stated choices on how Israel and Cyprus will export pure gasoline to international markets should be made throughout the subsequent three to 6 months.

Israel and Cyprus are wanting into plans for a pipeline that may convey offshore pure gasoline from each nations to the east Mediterranean island nation the place it will be liquefied for export by ship.

“We agreed that natural gas and renewable energy is a prime pillar of cooperation in the region, especially in light of the recent geopolitical developments and energy insecurity, especially in Europe, dictating the need for energy diversification and increase interconnectivity,” Christodoulides stated.

Another challenge the three leaders expressed eager curiosity on is an undersea electrical energy cable stretching 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) that may hyperlink the facility grids of Israel, Cyprus and mainland Greece.

“That’s something that we’re eagerly interested in pursuing and we discussed … (including) the mechanism of how to advance this,” stated Netanyahu.

Energy has been the main focus of a collection of ongoing conferences between the three leaders to deepen their nations’ ties since 2016, which Mitsotakis stated mirrored their significance on the political, financial and different ranges.