Iran Press/Iran News: In a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Reza Ardakanian on the sidelines of 19th International Electricity Exhibition (IEE 2019) on Wednesday, Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli stressed the importance of Aleppo thermal power plant project and called for Iranian private sectors contribution to maintenance and rehabilitation of the power station.
The official also called for knowledge transfer and exchange of experiences with Syria for the production of electricity industry required equipment
Kharboutli also mentioned the establishment of a trilateral electricity network among Iran, Syria, and Iraq, as well as the construction of renewable power plants in his country, among other issues discussed at the meeting.
The Syrian minister also underlined the formation of a joint committee between the deputies of the two countries energy ministries in order to follow up on the implementation of a two-year plan to supply the whole Syria with electricity.
Ardakanian also announced that within the next two days, a joint task force between Iran and Syria will be formed to pursue joint projects in the electricity industry.
Setting up this working group will help to follow up on the two sides to join projects more seriously and also to find solutions for any rising problems in the future cooperation, he added.
Currently, Iranian companies are participating in several major projects in Syria electricity industry among which construction of a major power plant in Latakia could be mentioned. The project is being carried out by Iran's Mapna Group.
The deal for construction of Latakia power plant was finalized in October 2018 when the Mapna group, the largest energy construction company in Iran, signed an agreement with Syrian authorities to build the power plant and the gas pipeline that feeds it.
Zuheir Kharboutli traveled to Tehran on top of a delegation to visit the country's international electricity exhibition and to pursue previous discussions made with Iranian officials on cooperation in Syria electricity sector.
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