Tehran, YJC. Iran's energy minister says the country has signed a deal with Armenia on cooperation in water management and electricity.
The Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian who was
attending the opening ceremony for the 10th International Water and Wastewater
Exhibition in Tehran on Monday said "The contract to construct a hydroelectric
power plant in Armenia has been signed and the Iranian companies in that
country will soon start the operations.”
If we go over our country’s water industry, we will realize
that it has been full of bright points and full of pride, he asserted.
"Iranian companies are active in 41 countries. Nonetheless,
twenty of them have found good markets in export markets.”
He added "Today, nearly the entire country’s need in the
water industry is being met by domestic entities.”
"Right now we have worth $1.6 billion dollars of projects in
Iraq, 1.2 of which is in the field of water management.”
He also provided comments on a project to carry sea water to
Iran's central areas and said "The plan to convey over one billion m2 of sea
water to Iran's central areas and to freshen the water is being studied or carried
out, with 3 projects under study and one under construction stages.”
"So far about 100
contracts are made in which a total of Rls230 billion has been invested in
cooperation with the private sector. Other investment packages have also been introduced
which make more than Rls700 billion,”
the energy minister noted.