{"id":1606,"date":"2017-11-06T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T20:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iran-seeking-role-in-syrias-power-grid-reconstruction\/"},"modified":"2017-11-06T19:59:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T20:59:27","slug":"iran-seeking-role-in-syrias-power-grid-reconstruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iran-seeking-role-in-syrias-power-grid-reconstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Seeking Role in Syria&#039;s Power Grid Reconstruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> \tIran is looking to help rebuild Syria&#8217;s power grid, as Tehran and Damascus continue to expand their political alliance in economic and energy projects.<br \/> \tIn a meeting between Syrian Electricity Minister Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli and Iran&#8217;s Deputy Energy Minister Sattar Mahmoudi in Tehran, the two sides discussed forming a joint committee to pursue the Syrian power grid&#8217;s renovation plan, ILNA reported on Monday.<br \/> \tSyria&#8217;s facilities, including roads, water and electrical infrastructures, have borne the brunt of an internal conflict that has killed over 400,000 people and displaced over 11 million, according to UN reports.<br \/> \tThe Syrian government seeks to rebuild its war-ravaged cities and infrastructure amid a strife that is about to go into the seventh year. However, the devastation provides economic opportunities for Iranian companies.<br \/> \t&#8220;We want to play a role in Syria&#8217;s reconstruction,&#8221; Mahmoudi said. &#8220;Iran&#8217;s capabilities in the water and power sectors will be pivotal for renovating Syria&#8217;s power infrastructure.&#8221;<br \/> \tHe called for establishing a joint committee of Iranian and Syrian experts and private manufacturers of electrical equipment to speed up the reconstruction plan.<br \/> \t&#8220;We need the assistance of Iran, our friend and ally, to restore the Syrian power grid to its days before the war,&#8221; Kharboutli said.<br \/> \tAfter signing a preliminary deal with Iran last month on repairing the Syrian power grid, Kharboutli said, \u201cThe Syrian government &#8230; is working relentlessly to restore the power system \u2026 Iranian companies will have a role in rebuilding Syria,&#8221; the country&#8217;s official SANA news agency reported.<br \/> \tThe agreement reportedly includes building a power plant in the coastal province of Latakia with a capacity of 540 megawatts and the supply of electricity to the city of Aleppo, once Syria&#8217;s largest city and the country&#8217;s industrial and financial center.<br \/> \t\u201cWe will stand by the Syrian people to rebuild the country &#8230; We will bring light to the houses of Syrian people,\u201d Mahmoudi said last month.<br \/> \tThe power projects are the latest in a string of broad-ranging economic ventures between Iran and Syria.<br \/> \t&#8220;A consortium of Iranian, Venezuelan and Syrian companies plan to build a crude oil processing facility in Syria, with Iran to play a leading role in the refinery project that is expected to cost about $1 billion,&#8221; Mansour Bazmi, the deputy head of Iran&#8217;s Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, said in September.<br \/> \tLast month, the Syrian Engineers Syndicate and the Iranian Construction Engineering Organization signed a memorandum of understanding in Tehran for promoting cooperation in urban, construction and engineering sectors.<br \/> \tThe deal provides for exchanging expertise and organizing workshops that serve the upcoming reconstruction and production projects of Syria.<br \/> \tAnother MoU was also signed with Iran&#8217;s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters Construction Company. 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