Iran/Iraq: Iraq, Iran Ink Energy Sector Agreement

Dec 27, 2018 | Rudaw
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Iraq and Iran have agreed to continue cooperation in the energy and electricity sectors, despite time ticking down on the US waiver of sanctions. Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian was in Baghdad for two days of talks with Iraq’s Electricity Minister Luay al-Khatteeb, Oil Minister Thamer al-Ghadhban, and Governor of the Central Bank Ali al-Alaq. Iraq’s electricity grid is dependent on imports from Iran – natural gas to fuel domestic generators and up to 1,300 megawatts of Iranian-produced electricity.