Jordan to Sign Nuclear Cooperation Deal With Japan, Jordan Times Reports

Jordan and Japan are due to sign a nuclear cooperation treaty to allow Japanese companies to export atomic technology to the Middle Eastern kingdom, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jaafar Hassan was cited as saying by the Jordan Times.

Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has a 50 percent stake in Paris-based Atmea, which is negotiating with Jordan to build the kingdom’s first nuclear plant, slated for completion in 2019.

To contact the reporter on this story: Nayla Razzouk in Amman at nrazzouk2@bloomberg.net

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