Arab electricity ministers calling for the establishment of a single market for energy and the compl

Arab electricity ministers calling for the establishment of a single market for energy and the completion of a comprehensive project to link

9/17/2014 0:00

Cairo - Isra-Khalifa

Participants in the meeting took thirty of the Executive Office of the Council of Ministers of electricity Arabs held in Cairo measures to accelerate the implementation of funding and study the Arab electricity linkage destruction.

And chaired the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League on Tuesday, Minister of Electricity Egyptian Mohammed Shaker, with the participation of ministers of electricity Arabs and their representatives from Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Morocco, Somalia, Palestine, and in the presence of Deputy Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Helli.

He said Minister of Electricity Egyptian "Head of the Executive Office" in his speech to the meeting the importance of the Arab electricity linkage destruction which is one of the axes of Arab cooperation in view of the electric power from an active role in advancing economic and social development in the countries of Almntqh.ostard minister measures taken to fund and accelerate the implementation of a study linking Arab electricity destruction and exploitation of natural gas for the production and export of electricity to implement the decision of the summit in Riyadh in 2007, noting in this context funded Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development of the first and second phases, the World Bank and funding of the third phase of the study, also reviewed the recommendations relating to the scheme President a 7 projects connecting electric projects line the transfer of natural gas and gas import terminal.

He said the Egyptian minister to the importance of the memo displayed on the establishment of an Arab common market for electricity, as well as the items on the agenda, which includes the preparation of the Arab Forum III about the prospects for electricity generation and water desalination nuclear-powered proposed residence in 2015 in Bahrain, as well as preparing for the exhibition eighth for the manufacture of equipment and electrical equipment During the first half of next year. He stressed the importance of activating the Arab strategy for the development of renewable energy applications approved by the summit, economic and social development in Riyadh in 2013, presenting an overview of the prospects for Arab cooperation with regional and international blocs in the field of electricity and energy.

For his part, pointed Ambassador Ahmed Ben Helli, deputy secretary general of the Arab League gathered attention to the importance of going out with fruitful results, stressing the need for concerted efforts in the face of the electricity crisis experienced by many countries in the region. He called in a speech on behalf of the Secretary General of the Arab League to continue efforts to develop the work of the Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity consistent with current efforts within the framework of the joint Arab action and its institutions and ongoing work on them pursuant to the resolutions of the Doha summit in 2013 and Kuwait in 2014 on the development of the Arab League. Stressing the importance of expanding the contribution of the private sector to invest in renewable energy projects and suggest sources of funding contribute to the creation of a unified Arab market for renewable energy. Ben Helli called for the activation of the Arab strategy for the development of renewable energy applications 2010 - 2030, adopted by the summit in Riyadh in 2013 as a framework for joint Arab action in the field of renewable energy, and work to speed up the implementation of the Arab electricity linkage project.

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