Jordan, Syria agree to re-operate electric interconnection – MENAFN.COM

Jordan, Syria agree to re-operate electric interconnection – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN — Jordan, Syria and Lebanon on Wednesday agreed to deliver Jordanian electricity to Lebanon. The decision came during a ministerial meeting attended by Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati, Syria's Minister of Electricity Ghassan Zamel and Lebanon's Minister of Energy and Water Walid Fayyad. During the meeting, an action plan and a timetable to re-operate the interconnection line between Jordan and Syria were set. Talks also went over the required technical studies and agreements to implement the project. Zawati, in press remarks, said that technical teams were also formed to complete the work within a specific time frame. The action plan focuses on upgrading the required infrastructure in Syria, she noted. Zamel highlighted Syria's efforts, since the launch of the project, to supply Lebanon with Jordanian electricity through Syria. Syria's Public Establishment for Transmission and Distribution of Electricity has started construction activities for the electrical interconnection line that was destroyed by"armed terrorist gangs", he said. He added that the establishment has managed to secure the necessary materials despite"an unjust siege imposed on the Syrian people". "We also gathered the necessary information about the power stations to be given to the Jordanian side to complete