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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the chief executive officer of Canadian miner Eldorado Gold, George Burns, his Athens said on Friday.

According to the announcement, the prime minister reiterated the government's support for the company's investment plans in Greece on the condition that it respects environmental regulations and generates jobs.

The State Department has issued a statement reaffirming the United States' support for the energy cooperation partnership developing between Greece, Cyprus and Israel, as discussed at a meeting of energy ministers from the three countries in Athens on Wednesday.

Greece, Israel, Cyprus and the United States agreed to enhance cooperation in energy, cyber and infrastructure security, Greek Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Wednesday after ministers of the four countries met in Athens.

Officials from Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the United States are meeting in Athens Wednesday to discuss energy issues.

Greece is hosting officials from Cyprus, Israel and the United States at a ministerial meeting on energy issues on Wednesday.

An effort to boost Public Power Corporation's (PPC) revenues without increasing the burden on consumers - as promised by Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis and PPC's new management under Giorgos Stassis - is looking like an increasingly challenging task, as estimates of the amount needed to balance the company's accounts are estimated at 700 million euros on an annual basis.

Environment Ministry inspectors have sent a letter to Minister Kostis Hatzidakis to complain about being left out of a revamp of state monitoring agencies by the recently elected government.

The new Greek government will toe the line of its predecessor on the urgent need for and the safeguarding of the construction of the Crete-Attica power interconnection project, while supporting the international connection of Greece with Cyprus and Israel, according to statements made by Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis after his visit to Cyprus.

Public Power Corporation could collect about a quarter of the 2.7 billion euros in unpaid bills as part of the government's effort to prevent the utility from going bankrupt, but this has to be done with great care, a finance professor and dues payment expert tells Kathimerini English Edition.

Greece's recently-elected government wants a stalled gold mine investment by Canada's Eldorado to be revived, its energy minister said on Tuesday after meeting company executives.
Vancouver-based Eldorado has two operating mines and two development projects in northern Greece but has struggled with permit delays at one location, Skouries, for years.