Iran to Boost Power Supplies to Iraq

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Energy Minister Majid Namjou said his country has raised power supplies to Iraq to 1,250 megawatts following a recent agreement between the two neighboring countries.
"Iran exports 800 megawatts of power to Iraq at present and the figure is expected to rise to 1,250 megawatts according to a decision taken by both countries recently," Namjou said in a meeting in Tehran with Iraq's Electricity Minister Raad Shallal Saeed al-Any.

The Iranian minister also said that a 400-megawatt transmission line from Karkha to Ammara will also be accomplished during the current summer season.

"The Iraqi side has confirmed the necessity to construct the Khorramshahr-Abuflous line, expected to be completed in summer, 2012, through sending a technical team and settling problems, in order to increase Iran's power supplies to Iraq.

Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, in 2003.

Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in expanding their ties.