Jordan and Algeria signed cooperation agreement in the fields of energy, nuclear energy, oil and gas.
The minutes of the agreement was signed of by the Jordanian Energy Minister Khalid Al-Erani and his Algerian counterpart Chakib Khelil, who is visiting Jordan to discuss ways of bilateral cooperation in the field of energy.
According to a statement from both parties, cooperation treaty includes oil derivatives, gas, renewable energy in addition to exchange of experience and studies that meet Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company’s needs of certain oil products in Algeria.
Under the accord, both countries form task forces to study the possibility of initiating some projects such as setting up storage facilities for liquefied petroleum gas in Aqaba, Jordan, to be a regional center to provide the Jordanian and regional markets.
Minutes were signed by both parties specialized in nuclear energy and the exchange of expertise and technology in the field of prospecting and mining of uranium ores.
Head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Khalid Touqan and the Governor’s of Algerian Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Dardour signed the minutes.
In a statement released after the minutes signature, Touqan asserted the importance of cooperation with different Arab countries to experience nuclear power generation, referring to the growing needs of the Kingdom of the energy and water in light of fluctuating energy supplies and increase of prices as well as growing scarcity of water resources.
Algerian minister Khelil expressed interest in cooperating with Jordan in the nuclear energy field of a peaceful use and welcomed the idea of signing an agreement on nuclear cooperation such as agreements signed by Jordan with eight member countries of the nuclear club.
KUNA (Kuwait News Agency)