Baghdad - Iraq's deputy electricity minister said on Wednesday that leading German company Siemens will provide Iraq with equipment to strengthen its power grid.
Iraq has agreed with Siemens that the company will share in the building of a total of 16 power plants with a capacity ranging from 160 to 270 megawatts, Salam Kazaz told the Iraqi al-Sabah newspaper.
He said that the power plants were aimed at strengthening the country's power network with 3,250 megawatts of power within two years.
"The deals will be sealed with Siemens after the consent of the prime minister's office," Kazaz said.
The negotiations with the German company are taking place in the Turkish city of Istanbul.