NEWS ABOUT IRAQ: " COOPERATION BETWEEN IRAQ & VENEZUELA", 19 JULY

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Tishwash:  Iraq is preparing a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela in the field of energy and gas and sends its foreign minister to Caracas

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, on Wednesday, that the Iraqi government will sign a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela in the field of energy and gas during the current year.

A statement of the ministry received by Shafaq News agency stated, "Ambassador Haider Al-Barrak, head of the Department of America, and his accompanying delegation, met Juan Santana, the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Oil, yesterday, Tuesday, and during the meeting, they reviewed the distinguished relations in the field of energy and emphasized the need for high-level coordination between the two countries. In OPEC and OPEC Plus.

The statement referred to "the preparation of a memorandum of understanding in the field of energy and gas between the two countries, which will be signed during the visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein to Venezuela this year."

On Sunday, July 16, Minister of Electricity Ziyad Ali announced that he would go to Qatar and Turkmenistan to supply them with gas to operate power plants instead of Iranian gas Link