Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) on 2 December signed a plan outlining future energy sharing between the two authorities. The Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, Joseph Paritzky, and the Palestinian Minister of Energy & Natural Resources, Azzam Shawwa, signed the plan in Rome, which has been drafted with support of the EU. The plan outlines measures that will lead to the building of a joint electric generation plant, development of an electric interconnection between Gaza and Netivot, a gas interconnection between Ashkelon and Gaza, definition of a joint framework for exchange and trade in electricity, development of co-operation on renewable energy and the setting-up of a common platform for the follow-up of Israeli-Palestinian energy co-operation.