Vasiliko project should never have been awarded to CMC – president

The Chinese CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC) should never have been awarded the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, as damning statements of blame continued over the sunken deal.

In statements to a pool of reporters on the sidelines of an antiquities event, Christodoulides said the results illustrate that CMC was unable to implement the project.

But he sought to stress “the project will go ahead” as the government is ready with a plan B.