Seven Countries' Ministers discuss adding Palestine to

AMMAN, October 25 (SPA) -- Officials of ministries of electricity and
power from seven countries who had earlier proposed a cross-border
electricity linkup, meet in the Jordanian capital Amman on Saturday
to discuss an eighth partner, the Palestinian territories.


Managing Director of Jordan's National Electric Power Company
(NEPCO) Ahmed Hiyasat told KUNA that the proposal's technical
committee began its preparatory meeting ahead of the scheduled
ministerial one to be held on Monday.


Hiyasat indicated that the meeting hosted by NEPCO aims at looking
into the issue of adding the Palestinians to the proposed union.


The meeting he said also aims at discussing the proposal and
following up its latest developments.


The electricity union so far consists of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Turkey and observer member Palestine.


The ministerial meeting for the electricity-providing-union is to be
the 13th in the chain of meetings.