Caretaker Minister of Energy and Water, Dr. Walid Fayyad, met today in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister, Eng. Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in an official protocol acquaintance meeting, with talks centering on the pioneering role of Iraq in the Arab world and ‘the return of a strong Iraq”. Fayyad thanked the Iraqi Prime Minister, on behalf of the Lebanese, for his country’s continuous support in providing Lebanon with Iraqi oil, proposing the possibility of “strengthening and developing the joint partnership through renewing the agreement and increasing the quantity to serve the relationship and its continuity between the two brotherly countries.’ Discussions also tackled the possibility of importing an additional quantity on commercial terms that would facilitate the implementation of Lebanon’s electricity plan within the framework required to reach 12 hours of power supply per day, applying the highest standards of transparency and censorship. The opportunity to reactivate the oil pipeline, refinery and storage tanks by creating a strategic partnership in the Mediterranean basin also featured high during their talks. It is to note that Minister Fayyad is currently present in the Iraqi capital to partake in the 3rd Baghdad International Water Conference at the official invitation of his counterpart, Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Aoun Diab Abdullah.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon