Jordan | The King: Moving forward with the desalination and water transfer project from Aqaba to Amman is a national priority

Weather of Arabia - His Majesty King Abdullah II, on Tuesday, followed the progress of the government’s work in implementing the economic modernization vision, in the presence of His Highness Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, the Crown Prince.

During a meeting held at Al-Husseiniya Palace, which included Prime Minister Bishr Al-Khasawneh and the relevant ministers, His Majesty the King affirmed that moving forward with the desalination and water transport project from Aqaba to Amman (the national water carrier) is a national priority.

His Majesty pointed out the need for the results of the economic modernization vision indicators to be reflected on citizens, whether in terms of improving the level of services or completing projects.

His Majesty the King called for the government to continue the consultative mechanism with the private sector, to present to them a picture of what has been accomplished and expected to be accomplished next year with full transparency and clarity, and to discuss how to overcome any obstacles.

His Majesty pointed out the importance of developing the capacity building of ministries quickly to ensure the implementation of the vision plan, and preparing monthly reports on the level of achievement, according to the specified timetable.

The Prime Minister confirmed that the government has completed the steps required to institutionalize the implementation of the economic modernization vision to be a cross-governmental road map, pointing out that work on the vision’s executive program is progressing, despite all the surrounding challenges.

In turn, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernization, Nasser Al-Shraida, explained that the implementation of 26 priorities for this year has been completed, and 53 priorities are under implementation, while work on 17 priorities has been delayed.

He added that the government held several ministerial meetings to overcome the obstacles that hinder the implementation of some overdue priorities, and work on 8 of them will be completed before the end of this year, such as the approval of the national strategy for the transport sector (2023-2027), and the establishment of a joint council from the water, energy, food security and environment sectors, to In addition to accelerating the approval of a number of legislations, the government has thus completed the implementation of 87 priorities out of 96 before the end of this year, while work on the remaining eight priorities will be completed before the end of the first quarter of next year.