7/26/2011
Baghdad, Iran has raised its electric power supplies for Iraq to 1,250 megawatts, according to a recent agreement between the two neighboring countries, the Iranian Energy Minister, Majid Namho told the semi-official Mehr News Agency on Tuesday.
Mehr quoted the Iranian Minister, in a meeting in Tehran with Iraq’s Electricity Minister, Raad Shallal Saeed al-Any, that “Iran’s power exports for Iraq, now estimated at 800 megawatts, are expected to rise to 1,250 megawatts, according to a decision taken by both countries recently.”
The Iranian Minister pointed out to the “close achievement of a 400-megawatt line – Karkha-Amara – during the current summer season, being part of electric power exports for Iraq.”
“The Iraqi side has confirmed necessity to construct the Khorramshahr-Abuflous line, expected to be completed in summer, 2012, through sending a technical team and the settling of the suspended problems, in order to increase Iran’s electric power for Iraq to 1,250 megawatts.
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