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Iraq AL-KAZEMI, LEAVING FOR BRUSSELS: WE WILL FOCUS ON ACTIVATING ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS WITH EUROPE Tue, Jun 29, 2021 7:15 PM Baghdad / National News Center Today, Tuesday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi revealed the content of his visit to Brussels, indicating that the focus will be on activating economic agreements between Iraq and the European Union countries. The media office of the Prime Minister stated, in a statement received by the "National News Center", that "Al-Kazemi and the accompanying delegation left the capital, Baghdad, on an official visit to the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels, and he will conduct a series of meetings and dialogues with the Belgian side and the European Union to enhance the level of Iraqi-European cooperation." “. Prior to his departure, the Prime Minister stressed, according to the statement, that "the visit will focus on activating the agreements concluded between Iraq and the European Union countries, and in a way that contributes to Iraq's overcoming the economic crisis and expanding the scope of investments." He added, "Iraq faces a seasonal shortage in the supply of electric power that the government feels and will take measures to address it, knowing that we have opened 4 major electric power stations this year, and we look forward to opening more stations in the coming months." Al-Kazemi indicated that "the production of electrical energy has reached its highest level over the past decades, but the challenges are still great, and we still need more hard work to rise to the level of our people's entitlement and their legitimate rights, including energy provision." He stressed that "the electricity crisis is the result of poor planning in this field, and waste of money and energies for the past long years without a clear methodology for a long-term solution." He added, "This government inherited a legacy of poor planning in the field of energy and worked during the past year to expand investments in electric power, in addition to activating the investment of Iraqi gas, which is the decisive factor in operating our electric stations, most of which run on gas, which reflects the previous poor planning and the absence of strategic plans." In this area". Al-Kazemi stressed that "the discussions that he will hold with the European Union countries will focus on this field, in addition to other economic, security and political fields."
