Egyptian ministry under fire for gas deal with Israel

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Egyptian ministry under fire for gas deal with Israel

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Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:50:43 GMT



A court session held to look into the case filed against the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum is facing legal action for exporting natural gas to Israel over the past four years, without having parliament's approval.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Egypt started its new judiciary year by looking into the case filed against the Ministry of Petroleum for exporting gas to Israel, Press TV correspondent in Cairo reported.

The ministry has appealed against the court's ruling, which annulled a 2005 Egyptian-Israeli agreement for export of natural gas to Israel.

The court has postponed the verdict until November 7th.

The ministry says the gas deal is in line with the 1979 gas deal between Israel and Egypt.

Opponents of the deal say the deal violates the Egyptian constitution because it has not been approved by the parliament.

They say Egypt's limited natural resources should have been consumed locally, instead of being exported to Israel at low prices.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=10 ... =351020202

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