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23-04-2012 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment -
Sumerian News / Baghdad
Confirmed the U.S. and Iraqi governments, on Monday, their commitment to and within the Strategic Framework Agreement signed between them mutual cooperation in the areas of production and export of oil and natural gas, electricity and the protection of critical infrastructure for energy.
A joint statement issued by the Joint Coordinating Committee between the United States and Iraq in the field of energy, and received "Alsumaria News", a copy of it, "during the opening session held by the Joint Coordinating Committee for Energy on Monday, confirmed by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Iraq on their commitment to cooperation common in the areas of production and export of oil and natural gas, electricity and the protection of critical infrastructure for energy. "
The statement said that "a meeting of the Joint Committee held in the headquarters of the Department of Energy, Washington, with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, the Iraqi side, and Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and special envoy and coordinator of the international energy affairs at the U.S. State Department Ambassador Carlos Pascual on the American side
"And the two sides during the meeting expressed their interest to make further efforts to ensure that the oil markets to the needs of producers and consumers in order to achieve economic growth in all parts of the world, and praised the bold steps taken by Iraq in order to increase its production and export of oil," asserting that "the support the Government of the United States America for these big steps to Iraq and progress in this area. "
The statement noted, and in another axis to "The United States also expressed its continued commitment to support the electricity sector in Iraq through training on operation, maintenance and provision of spare parts required and the development of Iraq's plans key to enhancing the production of electricity and assist in its implementation."
At the same leg, the statement stressed that "the United States contributed to the energy sector in Iraq since 2003 over $ 4.6 billion to spend on the electricity sector and $ 2.1 billion on the oil sector."
The statement added that the two delegations the U.S. and Iraq. "Also discussed the progress of existing programs aimed at building capacity in the field of energy, which is holding them in each of the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Agency for International Development," pointing to "the significant role of the potential role of bank Export and import U.S. Private Investment Corporation Overseas for the expansion of funding in the areas of trade and investment in the energy. "
The Joint Coordinating Committee in the field of energy was established under the US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement signed between Iraq and the United States in 2008 to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries in a number of different initiatives.
This has been committed to both the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq to hold a meeting quarterly to the Joint Coordinating Committee of the energy over the next year.
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23-04-2012 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment -
Sumerian News / Baghdad
Confirmed the U.S. and Iraqi governments, on Monday, their commitment to and within the Strategic Framework Agreement signed between them mutual cooperation in the areas of production and export of oil and natural gas, electricity and the protection of critical infrastructure for energy.
A joint statement issued by the Joint Coordinating Committee between the United States and Iraq in the field of energy, and received "Alsumaria News", a copy of it, "during the opening session held by the Joint Coordinating Committee for Energy on Monday, confirmed by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Iraq on their commitment to cooperation common in the areas of production and export of oil and natural gas, electricity and the protection of critical infrastructure for energy. "
The statement said that "a meeting of the Joint Committee held in the headquarters of the Department of Energy, Washington, with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, the Iraqi side, and Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and special envoy and coordinator of the international energy affairs at the U.S. State Department Ambassador Carlos Pascual on the American side
"And the two sides during the meeting expressed their interest to make further efforts to ensure that the oil markets to the needs of producers and consumers in order to achieve economic growth in all parts of the world, and praised the bold steps taken by Iraq in order to increase its production and export of oil," asserting that "the support the Government of the United States America for these big steps to Iraq and progress in this area. "
The statement noted, and in another axis to "The United States also expressed its continued commitment to support the electricity sector in Iraq through training on operation, maintenance and provision of spare parts required and the development of Iraq's plans key to enhancing the production of electricity and assist in its implementation."
At the same leg, the statement stressed that "the United States contributed to the energy sector in Iraq since 2003 over $ 4.6 billion to spend on the electricity sector and $ 2.1 billion on the oil sector."
The statement added that the two delegations the U.S. and Iraq. "Also discussed the progress of existing programs aimed at building capacity in the field of energy, which is holding them in each of the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Agency for International Development," pointing to "the significant role of the potential role of bank Export and import U.S. Private Investment Corporation Overseas for the expansion of funding in the areas of trade and investment in the energy. "
The Joint Coordinating Committee in the field of energy was established under the US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement signed between Iraq and the United States in 2008 to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries in a number of different initiatives.
This has been committed to both the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq to hold a meeting quarterly to the Joint Coordinating Committee of the energy over the next year.
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