AMMAN—
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Nasser Shraideh, briefed a number of representatives of international financial
institutions on the latest developments related to National Water Carrier
(
Aqaba–Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDC), according to
the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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According to a ministry's statement on Thursday, Shraideh
highlighted the importance that the Jordanian government attaches to this
project, which is considered a top priority on the government’s work agenda.
During a meeting held on the sidelines of his participation
in the annual meetings of World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund
(IMF), he said the project is a pillar of national
water security in the
framework of achieving comprehensive economic development, calling on
institutions and development partners to provide more support from soft
financing for this strategic project.
The meeting was attended by representatives of various
international financial institutions from International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC),
Proparco-French Development Finance Institution,
German Reconstruction Bank (KfW), European Investment Bank (EIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the
OPEC Fund for International Development, World Bank Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the United States International Development
Finance Corporation (DFC).
In addition, Shraideh met with the senior MIGA managers and
agreed to provide guarantees for the project.
The project, whose implementation will start at the end of
2023, aims to increase water supply by providing an additional 300 million
cubic meters of water annually after desalination and transferring quantities
from Aqaba to Amman and the rest of the Kingdom's governorates.
The project is the largest project that the government has
included in its economic priorities program, and it is expected to enter the
water supply in 2027.
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