YEMEN, MALAYSIA DISCUSS COOPERATION IN ENERGY FIELD

SANA'A, Jan.24 (Saba) - Minister of Electricity Awadh al-Socotri met
here on Sunday with a Malaysian delegation, including companies in
energy field.

The two sides discussed the possibility of taking advantage of the
Malaysian experiences in areas of distribution networks, planning,
installations, specifications development, maintenance, power
generation and trade exchanging in the technical field.

During the meeting, al-Socotri valued the Malaysian companies'
keenness on developing cooperation relations with the ministry and
exchanging experiences and training the Yemeni cadres in the
electric power field.

He pointed to the ministry's orientation to involve the local and
foreign private sector in most of the electricity and energy
projects in Yemen, particularly in the generation field, welcoming
Malaysian companies to enter the field of competition and investment
in Yemen.

For its part, the Malaysian side voiced its readiness to offer three
training scholarships to train the Yemeni cadres in the power
generation field and to cooperate with Yemen in the other fields
that serve this sector.

In related context, talks were held here between the leadership of
the Public Electricity Corporation (PEC) and the Malaysian
delegation.

The talks reviewed the cooperation areas between the PEC and its
Malaysian counterpart in several fields, as well as the Malaysian
experience in solving the electric network problems.

The Malaysian delegation would conduct several activities during its
three-day visit, including an exhibition of Malaysian electrical
products, a symposium on Malaysian products and visiting a number of
power generating stations in the capital Sana'a, deputy director of
the PEC Harith al-Amri told Saba.

He added that the Malaysian delegation's visit would be concluded
with singing a memo of understanding including the different
cooperation aspects between the two sides.

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