AMMAN — Jordan, the UAE, and Israel signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue conducting feasibility studies
for two interdependent projects aimed at building a desalination plant on the
Mediterranean Sea (Prosperity Blue), and a clean electric power plant in Jordan
(Prosperity Green), according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
The text of the memorandum, which was signed on the sidelines of
the COP27 summit in Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, says that
it is “solely an expression of intent by the three parties, and does not create
or affect any legal rights or obligations under international laws”.
It is based on a declaration of intent signed by the three sides
on the sidelines of the Dubai Expo on November 22, 2021, in the presence of US
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.
The memorandum stipulates that the three parties will “endeavor to
ad-vance, with the help and assistance of relevant international partners on a
voluntary basis or when needed, subject to the agreement of all sides, the
development of the necessary plans in time for the 28th session of the Conference
of the Parties (
COP28) to the UNFCCC, scheduled to take place from November 6
to 17, 2023, in the UAE”.
The memorandum was signed by Minister of Water and Irrigation
Mohammad Najjar, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment Mariam
Almheiri, and Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation Issawi Frej, on behalf
of their respective governments.
The three governments signed a “declaration of intent” in Dubai in
November 2021, which stipulated that the three sides begin examining the
possibility of establishing two interdependent and contingent projects.
One
is a clean electric power plant in Jordan with a capacity of 600 kilowatts
that is not connected to the national grid, and is funded by the UAE. The other
is a desalination plant on the Mediterranean Sea, which will provide Jordan
with 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water annually.
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