AMMAN: Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ibrahim Saif, and Spanish Secretary of State for Trade, Jaime Garcia-Legazat, on 26 April 2015, discussed bilateral cooperation, especially in energy and renewable energy fields.
During the meeting, which was attended by Spain’s ambassador to Jordan, Santiago Ancorina, and Spanish economic and commercial attaché Francisco Alfonso, Saif reviewed the economic challenges that Jordan faces in energy, financial, economic and social sectors, as a result of the Kingdom’s increasing energy bill.
He said that the government, represented by the Ministry of Energy, is working on implementing the energy sector strategy, which is based on promoting the exploitation of domestic energy sources, including local renewable energy sources as a way to secure the energy supply sector.