Anonymous ID: 8b19d9 Dec. 30, 2020, 1:17 a.m. No.12234961   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Iran to Use Money From Iraq Gas Sales to Buy Virus VaccinesIran will use money from its energy exports to Iraq to buy coronavirus vaccines from Europe, according to Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian.

 

He made the statement following a visit to Baghdad after Iran reduced natural gas supplies to Iraq over unpaid bills, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Iraq cleared a “considerable amount” of its debt for electricity purchases and part of the debt for natural gas imports from Iran, Ardakanian said.

 

Iran has pledged to “urgently resume gas flows, which had been slashed recently after technical problems,” Iraqi state-run newspaper Al-Sabah reported Wednesday after the meetings.

 

On Monday, theNational Iranian Gas Co. said it was owed $5 billion for gas supplies to Iraq and an additional $1 billion as penalties.Iran will also use the money to buy essential goods, according to Ardakanian.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-30/iran-to-use-money-from-iraq-gas-sale-to-buy-virus-vaccine