The Iraqi Electricity Minister hosted by IBC Jordan

IBC Chairman and Board members hosted on Thursday December 6th 2018 at the Grand Millennium – Amman a dinner banquet in honor of the Iraqi Minister of Electricity Dr. Luay Al-Khateeb during his visit to Jordan in the presence of the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mrs. Safiyah Al-Siheil.

During the ceremony, IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi welcomed the Iraqi Minister, Ambassador and guests expressing optimism of the investors and the Iraqi private sector on the new Cabinet, especially the electricity sector.

For his part, the Iraqi Minister thanked IBC for the invitation, stressing the necessity of carrying out economic reforms and knowledge revolution through the development of education and scientific research sectors, combating administrative corruption and appointment of Iraqi competencies in government departments, stressing the citizen’s role in refraining from bypassing the electrical network to improve its performance and stabilize electricity provided to the people.

Also, the Iraqi Ambassador Mrs. Safiyah Al-Siheil stressed the necessity of the Iraqi private sector to participate in the next phase of the reconstruction and building of Iraq, lauding the Minister’s views and diagnosis of the challenges and methods of overcoming them.

The meeting included a several interventions by IBC members on the mechanism of improving the electricity sector throughout Iraq and formation of specialized field follow up committees by the Ministry of Electricity to identify the crisis facing this sector.

At the end of the ceremony the Iraqi Minister thanked IBC Chairman and members for the invitation.