 The agreement was signed on the Dead Sea by Jordanian Water Minister Raed Abu Soud, Israeli Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Palestinian Planning Minister Ghassan al-Khatib.In August 2013, Jordanian government announced that it would move ahead with the first phase of the project.On December 9, 2013, an agreement to build the pipeline was signed by Israel, Jordan and Palestine.