NICOSIA (Reuters) -Cyprus has approached the United Arab Emirates for possible cooperation on an EU-financed subsea power cable linking Europe to the eastern Mediterranean region, it said on Monday, reaffirming its commitment to the project.

European prosecutors said last Thursday that they had launched an investigation into possible criminal offences relating to the 1.9 billion euro ($2.2 billion) cable to link Greece with Cyprus and later to Israel, a project all three countries say they support despite a series of delays.

“To cite just one example that proves this political commitment of ours, I myself and the foreign minister visited the United Arab Emirates,” Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides told reporters after comments from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the we

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