据阿拉伯贸易2月6日消息称，印度和巴林启动了一项促进可再生能源领域双边合作的计划，这是两国努力实现气候变化目标的一部分。
据Wam报道，双方同意在太阳能、风能和清洁氢领域建立更深入的联系。
这一宣布是在可再生能源领域联合工作组的虚拟会议上作出的，巴林代表团团长、可持续能源管理局主席Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza博士出席了该会议。
印度代表团由新能源与可再生能源部联合秘书Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale率领。印度驻巴林大使Piyush Srivastava也参加了会议。
Mirza博士表示，这是基于印度和巴林于2018年7月签署的促进可再生能源领域双边合作的谅解备忘录。
能源部表示，这是“一次非常富有成效的会议，双方强调了可再生能源对实现气候变化目标的重要性，并介绍了各自政府采取的举措、取得的进展和设定的未来目标，以及该领域的机会。”
报告说，双方同意在共享经验、专门知识和最佳做法的基础上，进一步加强产能建设，并在有关机构与私营部门之间开展重点合作，特别是在太阳能、风能和清洁氢领域。
在印度与海湾国家政府接触的另一项倡议中，同时举行了沙特-印度政治、安全、社会和文化合作委员会高级官员第一次会议。
这次会议是在沙特阿拉伯-印度战略伙伴关系理事会协定的主持下举行的。印度方面由外交部部长anjay Bhattacharyya领导，沙特方面由政治和经济事务外交部副部长Adel Siraj Merdad博士领导。
印度外交部在会议宣读中说，战略伙伴关系委员会反映了双方领导人希望进一步推动双边关系的愿望。
Wam的报告说：“双方同意推动现有机制的工作，建立定期对话的联合工作组，包括政治、领事、麦加朝圣、国防、安全、文化、卫生和教育。
朱佳妮 摘译自 阿拉伯贸易
原文如下：
India inks strategic Bahrain, Saudi renewable energy co-op deal
India and Bahrain have embarked on a programme for promoting bilateral co-operation in the field of renewable energy as part of its efforts to meet climate change goals.
Both the sides agree to forge deeper ties in the field of solar, wind and clean hydrogen, reported Wam.
The announcement was made at the virtual meeting of the Joint Working Group in the field of Renewable Energy which was attended by Dr Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, President of Sustainable Energy Authority, who led the Bahraini delegation.
The Indian delegation was led by Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy at the meeting. Piyush Srivastava, Ambassador of India to Bahrain also took part.
Dr Mirza said this builds on a MoU signed between India and Bahrain in July 2018 for promoting bilateral cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy.
The ministry said it was "a very productive meeting, in which both sides underscored importance of renewable energy to meet climate change goals, and presented the initiatives taken, progress made and future targets set by their respective governments as well as opportunities available in this sector."
The two sides agreed on sharing experience, expertise and best practices in addition to forging deeper engagement in capacity building and focused cooperation between concerned agencies as well as the private sector of the two countries in this sector, particularly in the field of solar, wind and clean hydrogen, the report added.
In another initiative by India to engage governments in the Gulf, the first meeting of senior officials of the Saudi-India Committee on Political, Security, Social and Cultural Cooperation was held simultaneously.
The meeting took place under the aegis of the Saudi Arabia-India Agreement for Strategic Partnership Council. The Indian side was led by Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and the Saudi side by Dr Adel Siraj Merdad, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political and Economic Affairs.
The Indian ministry said in a readout of the meeting that the Strategic Partnership Council reflects the desire of the leadership of both sides to impart further momentum to their bilateral relationship.
"Both sides agreed to give impetus to the work of existing mechanisms and establish Joint Working Groups for regular dialogue covering political, consular, Haj, defence, security, culture, health and education, said the Wam report.
