The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Shaya Zindani met today, Friday, in Baghdad, with the Special Envoy of the Russian President for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
The gross domestic product (GDP) in the Eurozone and the European Union (EU) registered a growth of 0.3 percent during the first quarter of the current year compared to the previous quarter.
Prime Minister Dr. Ma'een Abdulmalik directed Ministry of Electricity and Energy to set forth on immediate measures to increase power-generate stations' capacities in the interim capital Aden and government-held governorates.
He said" Every necessary measure must be taken to reduce blackout hours and get ready to meet the increasing demand for power in the summer time".
He gave his directives during a meeting Monday in the interim capital Aden included Minister of Electricity Eng. Mohammed al-Anani and Director General of the General Corporation of Electricity Abdulqader BaSla'ah.
The session intended to discuss the action plans to increase the power-generate capacities and explore the practical measures can help developing the action of the Ministry of Electricity and the technical units tasked with monitoring the fuels used to operate the power generate stations.
The Prime Minister said that the government has been planning to increase the projects in electricity sector in the period ahead." The government has made developing electricity sector a top priority to get rid of recurrent power-cut", said Ma'een.