VOL. XXXIII

NO. 6

13-NOVEMBER-1989

General

Construction Work on First Stage of Regional Power Grid to StartShortly

Construction work on the first stage of a regional project for an electricpower network linking initially five Middle Eastern countries - namely, Egypt,Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Turkey - will start before the end of this year with thenetworking of the Egyptian and Jordanian electric power grids. The whole projectis expected to be completed by 1994 and will ultimately be expanded to...