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Wednesday, 30 December, 2020 - 05:45
A worker walks at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of Basra, Iraq December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian arrived in Iraq on Tuesday to discuss a number of issues and Iraq’s energy debts to Iran.
Heading an Iranian delegation, Ardakanian held meetings with senior Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and promised to urgently resume pumping of Iranian gas, which had been slashed recently.
Ardakanian also held a meeting with Iraq’s Electricity Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush to weigh plans to regulate electricity supply to Iraq.