December-27- 2018

 His Excellency Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi said that victory in the field of providing electricity is a victory for reconstruction and a sign of progress for nations. Iraq must overcome the stumbling block in the field of energy; we mustn't be an importing country we have to be an energy producer.

This came during a meeting with the Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and his accompanying delegation, underscoring the depth and diversity of bilateral between the two countries and the Iraqi and Iranian peoples, His Excellency commended the Islamic Republic for seeking to develop mutual relations between the two countries and to cooperate to meet the needs of Iraq's electricity, confirming the readiness to cooperate and overcome the obstacles in order to complete the procedural and technical procedures to find the necessary solutions and to make the discussions between officials and experts concerned with this file between the two neighboring countries successful.

The Iranian minister conveyed congratulations of the Iranian government and President Iranian President Sheikh Hassan Rouhani on the occasion of forming the government, underscoring the readiness of the Iranian side to provide Iraq with electricity, the establishment of power plants, maintenance, help develop the necessary technology in this area, the training of Iraqi cadres, Working on a timetable to reduce the great waste and increase Iraq's electricity production, In addition to direct connection, Referring to the preparation of making a draft understanding to sign the joint contract.


Media office of the prime minister
December-27- 2018