Washington plans to send experts to Iraq to protect oil facilities
Washington plans to send experts to Iraq to protect oil facilities
06/02/2014 12:07
Follow-up – and babysit – The United States plans U.S., sending experts to Iraq to help maintain the security of its oil facilities, which constitute 95% of the revenue the Treasury revenue.
And announced the “Coordinating Committee joint energy between Iraq and the United States” in a statement issued at the conclusion of a meeting in Baghdad, “Iraq and the United States legally in cooperation in important new through the use of experts from the ministries of energy and foreign affairs of the Americas to work with Iraq to draw up a plan to protect infrastructure Energy in Iraq, terrorist attacks and natural disasters. ”
For his part, said Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani, who chaired the meeting on the Iraqi side, that this support does not mean in any way the deployment of foreign troops on Iraqi soil but is cooperation deals exclusively fields of studies and equipment.
He added that “the protection of oil installations is the responsibility of the Iraqi authorities will be done without any support from foreign forces.”
The announcement comes at a time when it is trying Baghdad, to increase its oil exports to finance the reconstruction of the country, which plunges into a spiral of violence, targeting oil installations and Anabebh ongoing attacks, particularly those in the north. X / Y
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