UAE and Serbia talk renewables: The UAE’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed sat down with Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabić last week in Belgrade to discuss potential joint development ventures in renewables and clean energy, the economy, trade, and education, The National reported last week.

Serbia is keen on building renewables-focused partnerships in the region: Serbian Energy Minister Dubravka Đedović presented Serbia’s long-term mining and energy strategies to a delegation from the Saudi Fund for Development last month. Đedović emphasized that the country’s energy sector is about to enter an intensive investment cycle and is drafting a national energy and climate strategy, with the first five-year plan expected to require “investments of several bn EUR.”

ALSO- Egypt and Cyprus explore clean energy development: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held talks with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Cairo to discuss developments in the USD 4 bn 2 GW EuroAfrica Interconnector, which will see Egypt transport renewable energy and gas to both Cyprus and Greece, El Sisi said at a joint press conference last week. The two heads of state discussed potential cooperation on renewables, trade, and development, as well as tripartite cooperation with Greece. El Sisi and Christodoulides also agreed to launch an Egyptian-Cypriot business council, according to a separate statement.

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