
Electricity minister: Egypt keen on supplying
Palestinians with power
Nov 2, 2007 - BBC Monitoring
Egyptian Minister of Electricity Dr Hassan Yunis
said Friday Egypt was keen on supporting the Palestinian
people by supplying them with much needed power.
Following negotiations held Thursday night with
head of the Palestinian power and natural resources
authority Omar Ketana, Yunis said a new transformer
would be sent to Gaza to face up to new electricity
needs.
He added that they also reviewed studies being made
to develop Gaza electricity grid.
Source: MENA news agency, Cairo, in English 2046
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