Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:02:14
The government has launched a new promise to solve the chronic power crisis in Iraq.
"Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers Mahdi Al-Alak discussed with the German Ambassador (Cyril Nan) and the Director of Development Cooperation in the German Embassy a roadmap for the German company Siemens Technologies and Energy in the next phase in Iraq," the statement said.
The German ambassador stressed that "the country's effortsto support the reconstruction and development efforts in Iraq in the fields of education and training," noting the "importance of the approval of the Council of Ministers on the project to address the failures in the electricity sector and the provision of sustainable energy."
The two sides also discussed "the most important needs and priorities of the Iraqi government in the list of projects implementation and reconstruction of liberated areas in the next phase, including the affected sectors in investment projects, and coordination on this framework in the coming meetings with the European Union, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and the Immediate Stabilization Fund."
In this context, he stressed the need for liberated areas and Iraq in general to actual projects on the ground for the purpose of rehabilitating the infrastructure that serves the Iraqi citizen and facilitate the return of displaced persons.
The statement pointed out that "Siemens" German company will work to achieve electricity generation capacity in Iraq to reach about 16 megawatts by 2025 through a modern network can feed all Iraqi cities and around, "noting that" the plan will be implemented in the stages of short, medium and long-term "He said.
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