Syria, Jordan Link Power Grids
DAMASCUS, March 14, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX)
— Syria and Jordan on Wednesday linked
their power grids, a further step in the establishment
of a regional power network.
The linking ceremony, held at Dair Ali power
station south of Syria's capital of Damascus,
was attended by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,
Jordanian King Abdullah, Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik
Hariri and Iraqi and Turkish officials.
The Dair Ali-based linking station secured
the connection of the Syrian-Jordanian power
grid with that between Egypt and Jordan, part
of the regional power grid planned to link Syria,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey.
Egypt and Jordan launched the linkage project
in 1999 through a 360-kilometer-long cable under
the Gulf of Aqaba.
The Syrian-Jordanian power grid cost some 145
million U.S. dollars, with Syria funding 115
million dollars.
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