Taner Yıldız: “We want Cyprus to have electric power produced by private sector”

The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Taner Yildiz said: “We want Cyprus to have electricity produced by the private sector”. Yıldız indicated that an appropriate master plan was prepared for the whole Cyprus for 3-4 years. Being a guest of the Diplomacy Reporters Association (DMD) Yıldız made assessments on various issues and answered the questions of journalists about the electricity prices in Cyprus. Yıldız said that in the case of implementation of these plans, prices of the electricity in Cyprus will drop to one-third. Yıldız stated that as public they disagreed on the issue of laying electric cables to Cyprus and said that a sustainable project is needed to be actualized for 30 or 50 years for the electricity in Cyprus.