Iraq And Egypt Discuss Ways To Strengthen Relations Between The Two Countries In The Oil And Energy Sector

 Baghdad / NINA /- Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs, Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, discussed with the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Tariq Al-Mulla, ways to strengthen relations between the two brotherly countries in the oil and energy sector.

A statement by the Ministry of Oil stated that Abdel Ghani met the Egyptian Minister during an official visit to participate in the Egyptian International Energy Conference and Exhibition.

The Egyptian Minister stressed the importance of the existing cooperation between the two brotherly countries and Egypt’s keenness to strengthen this cooperation across various fields, most notably the oil, energy and petrochemical industries, pointing to the existing partnership and cooperation with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and the companies Enppi and Petrojet, stressing the importance of expanding areas of cooperation to serve common interests between the two countries.

For his part, the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs, Minister of Oil affirmed Iraq’s support for bilateral cooperation with Egypt and its aspiration to expand the volume of Egyptian companies’ participation in the investment projects announced by the Ministry, expressing his interest in participating in the Egypt International Energy Conference and Exhibition as an important economic event.

Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani arrived in Cairo to participate in the Egypt International Energy Conference and Exhibition “EGYPES2024”./End