AMMAN — Supporting the Lebanese people overcome obstacles in the energy
sector by providing Lebanon with electricity from the Jordanian network, comes
in implementation of the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah, said Hala
Zawati, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, according to Al Ghad News.
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Her
comments came after a meeting held in Amman Wednesday that included the concerned
ministers of electricity of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, during which it was
agreed to provide Lebanon with part of its electrical energy needs from Jordan
through the Syrian electrical network.
Zawati
said in tweets published by the Ministry of Energy, that "the Amman
meeting aims to restart the electrical interconnection lines between the
networks in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon to help the Lebanese people to meet part
of their electrical energy needs."
Zawati
said that a technical meeting that included the stakeholders at electricity
transmission companies in the three countries was held on Tuesday to prepare
for the ministerial meeting, in which the readiness of the electricity networks
in the three countries was reviewed and the technical and commercial
requirements necessary to complete the process of supplying Jordanian electricity
to Lebanon were identified.
For
his part, the Syrian Minister of Electricity stated that “the Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad directed the rehabilitation of the electrical interconnection
line between Jordan, Syria and Lebanon,” adding, “We are committed to an
agreement with Jordan on exporting electricity to Lebanon.”
The
Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water, Walid Fayyad, said that the meeting
confirms the strength of relations between Jordan and Syria and aims to enhance
energy security in Lebanon and the Arab region by achieving the
stability of
the energy sector.
He added that the three ministers agreed
on a roadmap to overcome technical obstacles. He said the next step focuses on
enabling financing agreements through the World Bank, praising the Jordanian
pioneering role in enhancing cooperation with Lebanon and the importance of the
visit by Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh to ensure this relationship and the
need to strengthen it.
Jordan and Syria are electrically
connected through a 400kv transmission line since 2001, but the interconnection
line has been out of service since mid-2012 for technical reasons. Syria and
Lebanon are connected via several 400kv, 230kv, and 66kv power lines. The three
countries are linked by a general exchange agreement and a general
interconnection agreement with eight countries that include Jordan, Egypt,
Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Libya, and Turkey.
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