AMMAN — Jordan is hosting an international gathering
on energy in collaboration
Germany next month, the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
reported.
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The
MENA Europe Future Energy Dialogue (MEFED) will be held on June 8-9 in Amman under the
Royal patronage, according to Petra.
It said Minister
of Energy and Mineral Resources
Saleh Al-Kharabsheh and Federal Minister for
Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck announced that the Jordanian
and German governments launched intensified cooperation within the framework of
the Jordanian-German Partnership Program in the energy field.
In a statement
Saturday, the Ministry of Energy said in preparation for the conference,
coordination will be made with the European Commission, the
Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the Arab League, ESCWA, and other global stakeholders and
energy agencies.
MEFED is
supported by the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GACIC), German
Near and Middle East Association (NUMOV), and the North Africa Middle East
Initiative of German Business (NMI), the statement said.
Additionally,
the conference will bring MENA and European energy ministers together to
discuss ways to achieve sustainable and fixed energy supplies in the future and
intensify cooperation between the two regions, according to the statement.
Participating
countries and institutions aim to intensify their ambitions to combat climate
change and secure energy supply at reasonable prices by diversifying the supply
sources, it added.
Kharabsheh said
the innovative potential of the Middle East, North Africa and Europe region can
help meet this challenge.
Referring to
recent political events that have shown weakness of
Middle East energy supply,
he said renewable energy has become a
top solution for energy security.
For his part, Habeck
said the “remarkable” potential of renewable energies in the Middle East and
North Africa show that these regions agree to cooperate and develop common
areas of action.
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