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Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dr. Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, opened the 16th session of the Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity, held in Riyadh, and handed over the presidency of the council to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The meeting was attended by a number of electricity and energy ministers and delegation members from Arab countries, alongside representatives from the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and relevant Arab organizations and unions.
The Council discussed a number of key topics, most notably the latest developments regarding the signing and ratification of the agreements for the Arab Common Market for Electricity, as well as the pilot project for energy exchange between the countries of the Arab Levant (Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Republic of Egypt).
The Council also discussed topics of renewable energy, energy efficiency, Arab cooperation in the field of clean hydrogen, the experience exchange program in the field of district cooling economics and technologies, and the development of Arab programs related to energy and the efficiency of its production and use.
The current session of the Council comes within the framework of efforts aimed at enhancing Arab cooperation in the field of electricity in particular and energy in general, and supporting efforts aimed at developing the joint Arab action system to enhance energy security, integrate electricity grids, and exchange expertise and experiences between Arab countries.
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