Morocco and Mauritania agree to connect electricity networks (MEM)

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Morocco and Mauritania signed an agreement on Tuesday to connect their electricity networks. The agreement was announced by Morocco’s National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), after the Director General Tarik Hamane and his counterpart from the Mauritanian Electricity Company (SOMELEC), Sidi Salem Mohaned Elabd, sealed the accord in a ceremony witnessed by Moroccan Ambassador Hamid Chabar.

“In implementation of the directives of King Mohammed VI, and within the framework of the Royal Atlantic Initiative [allowing the Sahel countries to benefit from the Atlantic Ocean] aimed at strengthening African South-South relations, the electricity connection project between the two countries is a major step that will enhance the reliability of the two countries’ electricity grids,” said Moroccan officials.