Al-Zamili: Looking forward to reactivate Iraq-Siemens agreement resolving electricity crisis

INA - BAGHDAD 

Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hakim Al-Zamili, confirmed on Wednesday, Iraq's aspiration to reactivate its agreement with the German company Siemens to resolve the electricity crisis.

Al-Zamili discussed in his office with the German ambassador to Iraq Martin Jaeger and his accompanying delegation, ways of joint cooperation and enhancing investment opportunities to achieve common interests, according to a statement by the media office of the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

The Deputy Speaker pointed out, "the importance of working to consolidate bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, by introducing the largest possible number of German companies that enjoy a good and solid reputation in the Iraqi market," noting that "Iraq has promising opportunities during the current period in various economic sectors. These include industry, agriculture, electricity and the private sector,"

"The state today is determined to take advantage of the rise in oil prices globally to move towards revitalizing the investment map and developing the industrial and agricultural side," he asserted. 

Al-Zamili added that "this opens the door widely for German companies to enter well to work within these frameworks," expressing "Iraq's aspiration to reactivate the agreement with Siemens to resolve the electricity crisis, as well as intensify coordination to conclude new and effective agreements between the two sides,"