Tuesday, February 13, 2007

 

World Bank to support electricity sector in Iraq

Reconstruction
(Voices of Iraq) The Iraqi government said on Monday the world Bank adopted a program to support the electricity sector in Iraq. "Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed in a meeting with the World Bank director, currently on a visit to Baghdad, the necessary means for the Bank to support Iraq in view of the international pact with Iraq," a Prime Minister's office said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The statement added "the arrangements to activate a $500 million loan to Iraq were also dealt with in the meeting." The World bank also adopted a program to support the electricity sector in Iraq, the statement said. The statement added "the Iraqi Prime Minister appreciated the stands by the World Bank and other international organizations that contributed to lend support to Iraq."

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