(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Suhail Mohammad Al Mazroui, UAE Minister of Energy, has told a delegation of foreign correspondents who are currently in the UAE at the invitation of the National Media Council (NMC), that 25 per cent of the nation's energy needs will be supplied from nuclear resources by the year 2020.
Speaking at a press conference organised by the NMC at the Dusit Thani, the minister reiterated the need for transparency across the board as the UAE joins the nations using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, reported Gulf News on Sunday
Giving a brief outline of the policies and strategies adopted by the government with regard to the energy sector since the formation of the Federation in 1971, the minister emphasised that a key element of the success of the energy sector, particularly petroleum, was cooperation with international companies, which has led the UAE to be one of the leading oil exploration and producing nations in the world.
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