AMMAN —
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Al-Kharabsheh urged Germany to
cooperate with Jordan in implementing an electrical interconnection project
between MENA countries to achieve integration and secure energy supply, the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
During a meeting, also attended by Environment
Minister
Muawiya Al-Radaydah, with German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister
for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Robert Habeck, Kharabsheh asserted
the need for Germany to take the initiative to start implementing the
interconnection project.
Kharabsheh also pointed to efforts to transform
Jordan into a regional center for green energy exports, which would contribute
“significantly” in the future to the implementation of energy projects,
including hydrogen.
Kharabsheh reviewed joint cooperation projects with
Germany, including setting up a German Energy Academy in Jordan, which mainly
targets vocational training in the energy field to link the theoretical and
practical sides according to market needs.
He also stressed the importance of the academy for
Jordan to be a regional center for training in the field of energy to qualify
competencies according to the needs of the labor market, including the German
market.
Kharabsheh expressed his appreciation for the
continued German support through the
Jordanian-German partnership in the energy
field, which helped carry out a number of initiatives, most notably holding
Middle East and North Africa-Europe Future Energy Dialogue held in the Dead Sea
last June.
During the visit, the minister said he would follow
up on the outcome of the meeting, which aimed at setting clear and specific
steps for cooperation in the future of energy between the two nations.
For his part, the German minister affirmed Jordan’s
clear role in international relations, stressing the need to strengthen joint
action, especially with regard to electrical interconnection. “Work is currently underway with European
countries on this issue, and Germany will work jointly to promote this initiative
to achieve energy security,” he said.
Affirming his country’s continued assistance for
joint projects, he said “all support will be provided to German Energy Academy,
aimed to sustaining its work during the coming period.”
The two sides reiterated their keenness to
strengthen bilateral cooperation, and build on them in the future by involving
the private sector from both sides to take advantage of investment
opportunities in this sector, according to an Energy Ministry statement.
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