Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 29

20-Jul-2009

REGIONAL

Algeria And Tunisia Strengthen Energy Cooperation

Algeria and Tunisia signed agreements earlier this month aimed at enhancing bilateral energy cooperation. The Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil and his Tunisian counterpart Afif Chelbi signed the minutes of a joint committee meeting that they co-chaired, on 2 July, which envisaged raising the electric power interconnection capacity up to 400kv next year, from 220kv...