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Government: we will pay dues Tehran away from the international sanctions
Date: Monday 02/27/2012 10:31
Baghdad / term
government seeks to obtain an exemption from the United States for the payment of electricity imported from neighboring Iran, which is imposed on the banks of economic sanctions, comes at a time confirmed the reduction of oil exports to Jordan, which was considered for the Energy Committee in the House of Representatives narrowing on the croup Iraqis who are here.
A statement issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has received (range) a copy of a delegation from the ministry recently visited Tehran for talks about the process of importing electricity from Iran.
said ministry spokesman Musab al-teacher that "the delegation discussed the issue of debt owed by Iraq to Iran for energy imports, which accumulated because of the embargo imposed on Iran, "according to the statement.
The teacher said "the Iraqi delegation told the Iranian side, the existence of the efforts of Iraq to obtain an exception to the American side to resolve this matter."
Iran is under international sanctions, European and U.S. over its nuclear program controversial.
Iraq has suffered an acute shortage of electricity which needs to be 14 000 MW produced seven thousand of them.
imports Iraq a thousand megawatts of Iran across four lines.
said the teacher, "The two sides agreed to increase capacity to 1150 MW, will be distributed between the lines linking the four months before next summer." .
In a related development, announced the Ministry of Oil, Iraq exported to Jordan 6 000 b / d rather than 10 thousand b / d of crude oil by tankers across the border between the two countries.
and General Manager of the marketing company National Oil (SOMO), Falah Jassim al-Amiri , "The Iraq issue today 6 000 b / d per day to Jordan, has decreased this amount after it was issued 10 000 b / d and at the global market itself without any reduction in prices, and by tankers passing through the border between the two countries."
said "The governments of Iraq and Jordan, had already signed earlier to raise oil exports to 15 thousand b / d, but that did not materialize due to technical problems and management," adding that "SOMO is working on expanding global markets for Iraqi oil during the next phase, which seeks the the ministry to raise oil exports to 2.6 million b / d. "
revealed the Iraqi oil ministry for that 60% of crude oil exported to Asian markets world, asserting that Iraq would prefer the Asian market to the U.S. for not carrying Iraq's money transportation system (transit).
However, the Member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary Odai Awad said that "cracking down on Jordan in terms of fuel is a narrowing of the Iraqis living in Jordan."
and quoted a number of media for Awwad said Sunday that "Iraq is seen Jordan's support of fuel from the door that there are a large number of Iraqi community living in Jordan, it is the duty of Iraq support them. "
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