Iran, Oman Promote Links in Water, Electricity
ABU DHABI (Feb. 11) XINHUA - The Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic
Republic of Iran are taking steps to promote links in water and electricity,
a Gulf News report said on Thursday.
Sheikh Al Qatabi, Omani Minister of Electricity and Water, revealed
this on Wednesday on his return from a three-day visit to Iran during which
a memorandum of understanding was signed, the report said.
According to the memorandum, Oman and Iran will exchange expertise
regularly. Water and electricity experts will also figure in the Oman-Iran
Joint Economic Commission which meets every year in Muscat or Tehran.
The minister said his visit provided him with an insight into the
great strides Iran made in the field of electricity and water.
He made special mention of the Karaj Dam in the north of Tehran,
which, he said, not only provided the Iranian capital with enough drinking
water but also 1,500 megawatts of electricity.
He said the visit, at the invitation of Iranian Energy Minister
Habibullah Bitaraf, reflected the warm relations between the two neighbors.
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