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Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources called for stronger regional energy interconnection at a high-level conference in Athens on October 7. Secretary General Amani Azzam spoke at a meeting on developing the Eastern Mediterranean as an energy corridor, hosted by HelleniQ Energy. The event was held in Greece; the policy remarks concerned Jordan’s potential role in regional supply routes.
Azzam said diversified sources and routes could reduce reliance on any single supply path and make systems more resilient to disruption. She highlighted the need to use existing infrastructure effectively and identify missing links that could connect countries with additional suppliers and markets. The ministry also described gas networks and electricity interconnections as potentially complementary options.
Her remarks called for each energy need to be assessed before choosing among gas infrastructure, electricity connections or upgrades to current assets. The appropriate option, she said, should be technically feasible and economically justified, while also meeting national security needs. Jordan’s existing cross-border gas and electricity connections were cited as a starting point, not as evidence of a new capacity addition.
The official urged a regional investment roadmap that ranks links and directs funds toward projects capable of financing and implementation. Petra reported no named project, cost, timetable, new agreement or construction start. The comments are a policy call for further prioritisation, not an announcement that a particular corridor or interconnector has been approved.