SUDANESE: MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED DURING WASHINGTON’S VISIT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED ON THE GROUND
DURING A MEETING WITH BLINKEN’S ASSISTANT
Baghdad –
Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said on Wednesday that the memorandums of understanding signed with the United States during his visit to Washington last month are being implemented on the ground, during a meeting with US State Department Assistant for Energy Jeffrey Payte.
Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani received, on Wednesday, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Jeffrey Payte, in the presence of the US Ambassador to Iraq, where they reviewed the most prominent files of cooperation in the field of energy, in all its forms, and ways to develop it, in a way that contributes to achieving common interests.
During the meeting, His Excellency stressed the government’s keenness to implement its executive approach within the axis of achieving energy self-sufficiency, in the fields of exploiting natural and associated gas produced locally, generating electricity, providing oil derivatives, and producing chemical fertilizers and petrochemicals, referring to the memorandums of understanding signed during his visit to the United States of America last April, which are being implemented on the ground.
Mr. Al-Sudani referred to the government’s efforts and steps in the field of economic and financial reform, especially in the fields of tax, customs and the banking sector, and completing the elements of the ideal investment environment, calling on American companies to work and invest in Iraq.
For his part, Mr. Byte praised the efforts of the Iraqi government in developing the energy sector, and referred to the joint statement of the Prime Minister and US President Joseph Biden, which represents a roadmap and framework for work and fruitful cooperation, stressing the desire of American companies to invest and expand their activities inside Iraq.
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