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"... there was significant progress on two inter-related issues.
Firstly Jordan showed a willingness not to condition progress on economic and political issues with Israel on the Palestinian issue, as the countries that signed the Abraham Accords agreed and many years before that in the peace accord with Egypt.
The second topic that came up in the talks between the Israeli and Jordanian leaders was the promotion of the Green and Blue Prosperity Agreement signed between Israel, UAE and Jordan by the previous government. Sources familiar with the meeting told "Globes" that it was agreed that the two governments would speed up the implementation of both parts of the agreement. ...
it was agreed that Jordan would build huge solar fields to supply electricity to Israel. In exchange, Israel will build a large desalination plant on the Mediterranean to supply water to Jordan. The UAE will finance the projects through its energy and water companies.
Israel already sells water to Jordan at cost price as part of the agreements between the countries due to the severe water shortage in the Hashemite kingdom. According to the new agreement, Israel will sell Jordan 300 million cubic meters of desalinated water per year at a price of around NIS 500 million, while purchasing 600 megawatts of solar electricity from Jordan. ..."
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