Doha: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met, on Sunday morning in his office at the Amiri Diwan, with Their Excellencies the Ministers of Electricity and Energy from the sisterly Arab countries participating in the Seventh General Conference of the Arab Union of Electricity.
HH the Amir met with Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia HRH Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil, and Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy of Kuwait HE Dr Mohammad Abdullatif Al Fares, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Jordan HE Dr. Saleh Ali Hamed Al Kharabsheh, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt HE Dr. Mohamed Shaker El Markabi, Minister of Energy and Oil of Sudan HE Eng. Muhammad Abdullah Mahmoud, Chairman of the Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority HE Eng. Zafer Melhem, Minister of Electricity and Energy of Yemen HE Dr. Anwar Mohamed Kalashat, Minister of Energy and Water of Lebanon HE Dr. Walid Fayad and Minister of Energy in charge of Natural Resources of Djibouti HE Yonis Ali Guedi.
At the outset of the meeting, the Amir welcomed the Arab Ministers, whishing them success in the conference, which would contribute to strengthening joint Arab cooperation in the fields of energy and electricity.
For their part, the Ministers expressed their thanks and gratitude to HH the Amir for the warm reception, hospitality and for the support of the State of Qatar for the success of the conference.
A number of issues related to developing the electricity and energy sector were reviewed during the meeting.
