Tripartite relations between Jordan, Egypt, Iraq aim at achieving common economic interests: Khasawneh

CAIRO - 21 October 2021: The tripartite relations between Jordan, Egypt and Iraq came to achieve the common economic interests and benefits of the three countries, said Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh stressed on Wednesday.

 

He added that electrical interconnection and energy export are quite big prospects that can be built upon, Jordan News Agency (Petra). 

 

Al-Khasawneh continued that this tripartite mechanism is open as it could be integrated with the tripartite relationship between Jordan, Cyprus, and Greece from one side and the Egyptian-Cypriot-Greek relations from another side.

 

Egypt, Iraq and Jordan have held many summits and high-level meetings to enhance trilateral cooperation on the political, economic and developmental levels.

 

The latest summit was held in Iraq last June with the presence of Iraqi President Barham Saleh, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, and Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein.

 

Three summits were held prior in Egypt and Jordan; the first of the series of summits was launched in Cairo in March 2019.

 

The June summit in Baghdad built on them to assess joint projects and discuss means to enhance cooperation in all fields, as well as consolidate consultations on challenges facing the Middle East.

 

The strategic partnership between the three Arab states involves huge Egyptian projects in Iraq as part of the reconstruction, which entails large numbers of Egyptian workers traveling to Iraq, as Egypt is becoming increasingly a trademark for construction and urban planning with many new communities having been built in the country in the past few years.

 

The partnership also includes importing oil from Iraq and exporting electricity to Iraq at a reduced price.