A delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources will head to Syria soon to look at electricity and energy infrastructure, Minister Alp Arslan Bayraktar announced.
This came in statements to journalists after the Turkish government’s meeting at the presidential complex in the capital, Ankara, yesterday.
Infrastructure
Bayrakdar indicated that the ministry delegation will go to Syria to look at the energy and electricity infrastructure and discuss issues of cooperation and aid, saying, “The main problem with regard to energy in the country (Syria) is electricity, and a formula will be developed to solve this problem.”
Türkiye currently supplies some areas of northern Syria with electricity.
On the Lebanese level, Bayrakdar pointed out that Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said last week that they were suffering from electricity problems.
The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources added, “We can work on the flow of electricity to Lebanon in the coming period.”
Two years ago, the frequency of power outages in Lebanon increased significantly due to the government suffering from financial distress, which resulted in its inability to provide foreign exchange to import fuel.
Production of Lebanon
The volume of energy production in Lebanon ranged between 1,600 and 2,000 megawatts per day, but the scarcity of fuel in recent years gradually reduced production to unprecedented low levels.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week that Ankara will do everything in its power to rebuild Syria, including improving relations between the two countries in the field of energy.
