Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Energy Transition (Photo: AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
Eurasia
14/07/2023 07:00
According to the communiqué, both countries have agreed to engage in joint efforts to enhance energy efficiency, and to promote their cooperation in the field of nuclear energy in a peaceful and safe framework, the management of radioactive waste and nuclear applications, and the development of human capabilities.
Addressing climate change and promoting secure, reliable, affordable, and sustainable supplies of energy are shared strategic priorities of Saudi Arabia and France.
Saudi Arabia and France also acknowledged that energy is one of the main pillars of their mutual long-term partnership, and the two countries affirmed their commitments by signing an MoU to cooperate in the Field of Energy on 2 February 2023.
Additionally, both countries recognized the importance of advancing the implementation of the UN Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement in accordance with the principles, objectives, and goals defined therein, including pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C, Asharq al-Awsat added.