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Minister of Petroleum Calls for Joint Arab Initiative for Clean Energy  


Wed 12 Jan 2022 | 11:10 AM
Ahmed Moamar

Eng. Tarek El -Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, stressed the importance of the mining industry in serving vital goals.

He affirmed that the modern industry will not be able to achieve its goals in removing carbon without the mineral products that enter into its composition.

He called for a joint Arab initiative for clean energy that includes all Arab countries to be presented at the World Climate Summit, which will be hosted by Sharm El-Sheikh this year, as an affirmation of the commitment of Arab countries in this regard.

The Egyptian invitation, addressed by Eng. Tarek El-Molla won the unanimous approval of the Arab ministers and the recommendation to assign a working group from the Arab Organization for Industrial Development and Mining to prepare for the initiative.

The meeting agreed to launch the project of the first Arab digital platform for requests and offers for industrial and mining products, as well as prepare a mining indicative system for Arab countries.

This came during the eighth consultative meeting of Arab Ministers of Mining and Mineral Resources in Riyadh, the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in the presence of Bandar Al-Khorayef, Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Suhail Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a group of Arab ministers, and Adel Al-Saqer, director of the Arab Organization for Industrial Development, Standardization and Mining, which was held on the sidelines of the International Mining Conference hosted by the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of more than 100 countries.

Eng. Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, represents  Egypt in that meeting.