February 7, 2013
International Digital Editor
EDF is in negotiations with Cambodia to construct a natural gas power plant in disputed waters of the country’s coast.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
last weekend in Phnom Penh to discuss the deal and the company are
close to signing a Memorandum of Understanding to enter into more
detailed negotiations.
French ambassador in waiting, Serge Mostura, told media that, ‘the plant will enable the city of Phnom Penh to get the energy it needs.’
The Cambodian capital suffers regular blackouts during the hottest months of the year due to a lack of supply.
The deal is complicated by the challenge of access to the natural gas
located in offshore blocks off the coast of the country, but which is in
a disputed territory with neighbouring countries Thailand and Cambodia.
French oil firm Total has exploration rights in the area and is awaiting a resolution to the dispute between the three nations.
The Cambodian Daily says EDF hopes to build the plant along the coast but has not specified where that would be.
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