Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus countryside, SANA- Chargé d’Affairs of the Qatari Embassy in Syria, Khalifa Abdullah Al Mahmoud Al Sharif, announced a Qatari initiative to provide natural gas supplies to Syria, via Jordanian territory, with the aim of contributing to the generating of 400 megawatts of electricity.
Al-Sharif emphasized during his meeting with Minister of Electricity, Omar Shaqrouq, at the Deir Ali power station in Damascus countryside, that the initiative was launched following directives from the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and with the support of the Qatar Fund for Development.
In turn, Minister Shaqrouq thanked the State of Qatar for this initiative in light of the poor electricity situation that Syria is suffering from, that the Deir Ali plant will be supplied with 2 million cubic meters of natural gas per day, which will contribute to generating 400 megawatts and cover part of Syria’s estimated need of 6,500 megawatts.
The Minister pointed out that the supplies will increase the daily electricity supply from 2 to 4 hours.
He clarified that the gas supplies will be transported via the Arab Gas Pipeline, which passes through the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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