Cypriot Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou talks to the media during a press conference after the MED9 Energy Ministerial Meeting in southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cypriot Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou, left, talks with his Maltese counterpart Miriam Dalli, during a press conference after the MED9 Energy Ministerial Meeting in southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cypriot Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou, center right, talks with his counterparts of Malta Miriam Dalli, right, Slovenia Bojan Kumer, left, and Croatia Economy Minister Ante Susnjar, center left, during a press conference after the MED9 Energy Ministerial Meeting in southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cypriot Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou, center right, talks with his counterparts of Malta Miriam Dalli, right, Slovenia Bojan Kumer, left, and Croatia Economy Minister Ante Susnjar, center left, during a press conference after the MED9 Energy Ministerial Meeting in southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cypriot Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou, left, talks with his counterparts of Malta Miriam Dalli, center, and Slovenia Bojan Kumer, left, during the MED9 Energy Ministerial Meeting in southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)