Khaberni - A tripartite meeting is scheduled to be held on the twentieth of this month in the Jordanian capital, involving Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, to follow up on the electrical linkage file that had been in place between the three countries, aimed at drawing energy and gas through pipelines.
This meeting comes as a continuation of the visit made by the Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water, Joe Sadi, to Jordan a few weeks ago, during which he discussed ways to activate cooperation in the energy sector. The Jordanian side confirmed the readiness of its infrastructure and its preparedness to supply Lebanon with part of its electricity needs as soon as the arrangements of the other parties are complete, while waiting for the assessment of the technical situation in Syria, where the infrastructure was damaged during the war.
The meeting aims to assess the current situation of the electrical linkage and to create a technical and financial roadmap for the project, in addition to reviewing previous agreements between Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, and making adjustments to them in light of political and economic developments that serve Lebanon's interest.
In light of this meeting, the Lebanese side will communicate with the Syrian side to review the previous agreements signed between the two sides and reconsider them, especially since they were signed during the previous regime.
The tripartite electrical linkage project is one of the solutions put forward to alleviate Lebanon's chronic electricity crisis, as there was renewed discussion about it repeatedly in recent years without actual progress, due to the Syrian war and international sanctions that hindered the project's execution.
It is worth mentioning that the electrical connection between Jordan and Syria began in 2001 with a 400-kilovolt transmission line, and stopped in 2012 due to the war. In January 2022, new agreements were signed to supply Lebanon with Jordanian electricity through the Syrian network, but the project later found difficulties due to the World Bank's modification of the financing terms and the impact of U.S. sanctions imposed on Damascus.
