Al-Kadhimi directs to speed up work procedures with Siemens to secure energy

Baghdad - INA

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi urged today, Sunday,  Siemens to overcome its lag, while instructing the Ministry of Electricity to speed up work procedures with the company to secure energy.

The media office of the Prime Minister said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi received, today, Sunday, the CEO of Siemens Energy, Christian Brooke and the company's accompanying delegation, in the presence of the German Chargé d'Affairs in Iraq," noting that " During the meeting, they discussed the implementation of the cooperation roadmap signed between Iraq and the company, and ways to overcome the obstacles it faces in implementation.

Al-Kadhimi urged the company "to overcome the delays facing the completion of the first phase of the agreement," directing "the Ministry of Electricity to speed up work procedures with the company to secure the supply of electric power to the citizen in the short and medium term."

The meeting witnessed a discussion of ways to expand the work to include solar energy and other types of renewable energies, and the company, on its part, promised to submit practical proposals in this regard .

Brooke, in turn, stressed that "Siemens is proud of the depth of its development partnership with Iraq, and its confidence that the various stages of implementation will witness an acceleration in completion, especially since the first stage is nearing completion."