Yemen, Djibouti mull over electricity connection

SANA'A, Oct. 14 (Saba)- Yemen and Djibouti agreed on Wednesday on forming a technical team consisting of Sana'a Forum member countries to undertake discussing Electricity Connection Project which will link
together Yemen, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan as well as preparing the terms of reference to pick up a consultative firm for the feasibility study of the project.

That was the outcome of the Yemeni-Djibouti talks held in Sana'a for two days by
Electricity and Energy Minister Awadh al-Suqatri and the Djiboutian Minister of
Energy and
Natural Resources Moussa Odowa.
The two sides agreed to set up a long-run plan to implement the project and
accordingly address the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) as
well coordinating
with the Executive Office of the Arab Ministers Council concerned with electricity
affairs.
They also affirmed the importance of continuing bilateral cooperation between the
two countries and exchanging experiences and information in the fields of new,
renewable
and geothermal energy, in addition to benefiting from investment contracts and
buying energy in the previously mentioned fields in line with the signed minutes by
the two
countries in 2008.
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