AMMAN — John Kerry, the Biden administration’s
climate envoy, held separate talks in Jerusalem on Friday with Energy Minister
Israel Katz and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman on advancing
regional cooperation on major green projects.
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According to Israeli media, Kerry and Katz
discussed a plan to build a 600MW capacity solar plant with storage in Jordan,
and for Israel to export 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water per year
to its neighbor, the Israeli Energy Ministry said in a statement.
They also discussed strategic cooperation
between Israel, the US, Jordan, and the UAE.
Israel and Jordan’s deal to swap water and
solar energy was brokered by the UAE and signed in 2021. A renewed memorandum
of understanding reaffirming the countries’ commitment to the projects was
signed in 2022 at the UN COP27 climate conference in the Egyptian resort of Sharm
El-Sheikh. Both deals were signed in Kerry’s presence.
The agreement will see Israel purchase solar
power from the Jordan-based facility, which will be constructed by an Emirati
firm, and Jordan buy water from an Israeli site to be constructed along the
Mediterranean coast.
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