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Iran expresses its support for the nomination of Iraq for the post of Secretary General of OPEC
Date: Monday 04/06/2012 8:14
Baghdad / range
Iranian government expressed its support for Iraq's candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC, while Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraq's willingness to open up to Iranian companies to work on reconstruction.
A statement issued by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani quoted "Alsumaria News" that al-Shahristani, "he met with Iranian Oil Minister Rustam Ghasemi and the Iranian ambassador to Iraq Hassan Dnaúa fled," noting that "the two sides discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy and exchange of experiences and to encourage Iranian companies to increase investment in Iraq.
Iranian minister expressed his country's support during the statement, "Iraq for a candidate for the position of Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC."
In the meantime, the Ministry of Oil signed with its Iranian counterpart a memorandum of understanding on further oil cooperation between the two countries, stressing that the memo stated the need to agree with respect to the common fields, while the side expressed Iran's readiness to supply Iraq with what it needs from oil products and gas oil.
said the spokesman of the Ministry of Oil, Assem Jihad, "Alsumaria News", "The Oil Ministry signed with the Iranian Oil Ministry memorandum on further oil cooperation between the two countries, the numerous areas, including that of Balacetkchavat oil, drilling, extraction, training and exchange of experiences and information, as well as the joint coordination of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries."
The Jihad "The note also included accelerated to reach an agreement regarding the fields of joint oil and to ensure optimum use of these fields for both countries," noting that "the technical committees between the two countries continues to come up with solutions having a technical side the Iraqi joint meeting in Iran during the past week" .
Jihad said that the "Iranian Oil Minister Rustam Ghasemi has confirmed his country's keenness to increase cooperation between the two countries and to stand by Iraq to provide for the needs of petroleum products," pointing out that "the Iranian Oil Ministry has announced its full commitment to provide the power stations of Iraq in the quantities needed by the of gas oil to run. "
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received recently a delegation oil Iranian headed by the Iranian Oil Minister Rustam Ghasemi and a number of agents and technicians petroleum to discuss oil cooperation and electricity between the two countries.
and the Oil Ministry announced on 25 September of 2011 the past, for preliminary approval to extend the pipe Iranian gas to Syria via the territory of Iraq and then to Europe, noting that it will be the formation of technical committees, especially by the parties to study the project, while Born decision mixed reactions as rejection of President of the Iraqi Awakening Ahmed Abu Risha, a project to extend the pipe Iranian carrier through the territory of the province of Anbar, he did not possess the Oil Ministry the right to extend the tube on the territory of the province, pointing out that the Board of Awakening seeks to form new troops to prevent the implementation of the project, which he described artery new to destroy the country.
Iraq imports electricity from Iran across four lines include the line Krkh - Building which was completed in December linking of 2011, in addition to three other lines are operational, are imported energy through a line (Basra Abadan), which prepares the national system capacity of 300 MW and the line (Kermanshah Diyala), which prepares the national system capacity of 400 MW, in addition to the line (Serpil Zahab Khanaqin), which prepares the national system capacity of 100 MW.
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