Bahrain chairs GCC Electricity and Water Affairs Ministers meeting

Manama, June 24 (BNA): Bahrain represented by Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Wael bin Nasser Al Mubarak chaired GCC 30th meeting for Electricity and Water Affairs Ministers, with the participation of GCC Secretary-General Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf. The meeting discussed electrical interconnection projects, the progress of work to follow up on the implementation of the unified strategy for water in the GCC states, the paper submitted by the General Secretariat on water security issues, the proposal to localize the desalination industry and raise its added value in the GCC states, the establishment of the independent regional regulatory authority for electrical interconnection, the secretariat’s reports of Technical committees work progress, and the latest developments regarding the efforts of the GCC countries in facing the pandemic. The ministers praised the efforts to organize and coordinate the joint Gulf action, expressing their gratitude to Their Majesties and Highnesses GCC states’ leaders for their great support.