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per day reported several years ago. SERVICES “We have determined cable directions and
Iraqi officials said last month that they had location of the stations…we have just started
reached a new understanding with Iran by Iraq launches Saudi power constructing those stations and will build
which the gas supply could reach 30 mcm per more in the future,” the agency said, quoting
day over summer months. link project Ahmed Mousa, a spokesman for the Iraqi
That came after a senior political and Electricity Ministry.
banking delegation from Iraq came to Tehran OPEC member Iraq has started constructing Mousa provided no details of the project
in early May to discuss the arrears issue. power stations and cables within a project apart from saying the two sides would hold
Iraq has secured special waivers from US to link its electricity network with that of regular meetings to follow up the plan.
sanctions on Iran to be able to import natural neighboring Saudi Arabia, the official Iraq Iraq has also signed power supply
gas and electricity from its eastern neighbour. news agency said on Thursday. agreements with Jordan and has approved
However, the sanctions, which also target The connection is part of an agreement plans to construct solar power plants
Iran’s banking relations with the rest of the between Iraq and the nearby six-nation Gulf in various parts of the country within a
world, have made it difficult for Baghdad to Cooperation Council (GCC) states to supply programme to rehabilitate vital sectors that
pay for its energy imports from Iran. the war-torn country with electricity and have been damaged during the war.
PRESSTV allow it to slash heavy energy imports from ZAWYA
Iran.

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