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The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity is urging France to rehabilitate its old gas plants in Iraq
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Translated by IRAQdirectory.com - [4/8/2009]
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The Ministry of Electricity stated on Monday, that the meeting of Iraqi-French committee which was held late last month included an additional paragraph to urge the French side to participate in the rehabilitation of old gas plants of French origin and to invest in the electricity sector for the establishment of thermal power stations.
The statement of the Ministry of Electricity, quoted to the adviser in the Department of Energy Distribution, Nafie Abdul Sada as saying that "the meetings of the Iraqi French Committee which was recently held in Paris, headed by Iraqi Minister of Oil (Hussain al-Shahristani) and the presence of a delegation from the Ministry of Electricity," included an additional paragraph in the agreement between the two parties to urge the French side to participate in the reconstruction of the electricity sector projects, particularly the rehabilitation of old gas stations with the French origin. "
The Iraqi-French Joint Committee held its 11th session in the French capital Paris for the period 20-24/3/2009 to discuss the ways of strengthening the cooperation between the two countries in all fields and to discuss various projects and conventions, led by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, and with the participation of representatives from a large number of Iraqi ministries including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , in addition to representatives from Commerce Chambers Union, by virtue of the invitation by the Minister of Economy and Industry, Christine Lagarde the Head of French side in the Committee.
The statement added that the additional paragraph included "urging the French side to participate in the electricity sector investments for the establishment of thermal power stations" also "Reviewed the cooperation with EDF company which worked many years in developing designs of Baghdad Network distribution," in addition to get benefit from the expertise and experience of French companies in using ISO smart. "
The statement quoted to Abdel Sada, "the delegation met a company attached to the French Ministry of Defense specialized in renewable energy and discuss their proposal to establish a solar energy generation system," and number of representatives of companies have shown their willingness to provide generators with total capacity of 200 Mega-watt within six months."
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