Al-Kadhimi leaves for Brussels

Baghdad-INA

 Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi left the capital, Baghdad, on an official visit to the European Union headquarters in Brussels, while confirming that the visit will focus on activating economic agreements. Noting that "Al-Kadhimi will conduct a series of meetings and dialogues with the Belgian side and the European Union to enhance the level of Iraqi-European cooperation. 

 Prime Minister stressed, according to the statement, that the visit will focus on activating the agreements concluded between Iraq and the European Union countries, and in a way that contributes to Iraq overcoming the economic crisis and expanding the scope of investments. 

He added, "Iraq is facing a seasonal shortage in supply of electric power that the government knows and will take measures to tackle it, knowing that we have opened 4 major electric power stations this year, and we look forward to opening more stations in the coming months. He pointed out that the electricity crisis is a result of poor planning in this field, and the waste of money and energies for the past long years without a clear methodology for a long-term solution, in addition to activating the investment of Iraqi gas, which is the crucial factor in operating our electric stations, most of which run on gas, which reflects previous poor planning and the absence of strategic plans in this field. He stressed that the discussions that he will hold with the European Union countries will focus on this field in addition to the other economic, security and political fields.