Deputy Minister Kara briefed the Knesset Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday on the progress in the Red Sea-Dead Sea Canal project, especially over the past year, as well as on its future timetable. He noted than on June 20th, 2016 the advance tender will close in which the companies that will bid on the tender for the construction of a desalination facility will be chosen.
Deputy Minister Kara said, "The Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project is among the most important that can be presented on Environment Day in the Knesset due to its major contribution to saving the Dead Sea. I feel that in Jordan there is the determination to carry out the project, which there was not in the past. We are in continuous contact with Jordanian Water Minister Hazem Nasser, who is vigorously working to promote the project. The project will greatly contribute to the strengthening of bilateral economic relations and I believe that it can help us break other borders as well."