Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed receives Jordani
Dubai: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Lt. General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday met with Jordan’s Prime Minister Dr Bisher Al Khasawneh at Expo 2020. The meeting highlighted the strong relations between the UAE and the Kingdom of Jordan and explored ways to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields for achieving mutual development aspirations.
Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee; Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum; a number of ministers and other senior officials attended the meeting.
Welcoming the Jordanian Prime Minister and his accompanying delegation, Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed highlighted the strong bonds between the two countries, and congratulated Jordan on its National Day, which is being celebrated at Expo 2020.
Al Khasawneh stressed the close ties between Jordan and the UAE and expressed his appreciation for the exceptional organisation of Expo 2020 Dubai, describing it as an ideal opportunity for participating countries to explore innovation that is shaping the future of the world.
Jordan is participating in Expo 2020 with a pavilion that showcases the country’s new innovative and engaging vision.
Under the theme ‘ The Thresholds of Ingenuity’, the pavilion provides a highly immersive, interactive and sensorial experience of a country where modernity meets tradition, high-tech meets emotions and a young, agile society meets the cradle of culture.
RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE: A conference on renewable energy was organised by the Ministry of Energy within the Global Exhibition Expo 2020 Dubai. At the event aiming to attract foreign investment in the green energy sector in Azerbaijan, the investors participating in the exhibition were informed about the renewable energy potential of our country, strategic targets in the field, work done to improve the legislative framework, and opportunities provided for cooperation with the private sector.
Making a welcoming speech, Deputy Minister of Energy Elnur Soltanov said that multilateral cooperation involving the public and private sectors, financial institutions, international organizations and other stakeholders is of great importance during this period, in which challenges for energy and environmental security confront the energy sector with urgent changes.
The Deputy Minister informed the participants of the event that Azerbaijan has appeared with a new target and undertaken additional voluntary obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by 40 percent at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26).
He stated that one of the strategic targets, which reflects the views of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev based on clear, long-term sustainable development, is to increase the share of renewable energy in the total installed capacity of our country in electricity to 30% over the next decade.
It was noted that one of the main priorities for achieving this goal, which involves the commissioning of new production capacities of 1,500 MW, is the attraction of private, as well as foreign investment in this area.
Then, the employees of the Ministry of Energy demonstrated a video and made a presentation on the support mechanisms for promoting the green electricity generation in our country, regulatory documents to attract investment, information on renewable energy auctions to be organized in the near future.
It was noted that our territories liberated from Armenian occupation have been declared a green energy zone, and that a comprehensive concept project has been developed to establish this zone by involving Japanese company TEPSCO and the relevant Master Plan is in progress. It