Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 16
By Umid Niayesh- Trend:
The electricity networks of Iran and Azerbaijan will be connected till March 21, Iran's Deputy Minister of Energy Houshang Falahatian said, ISNA news agency reported Feb. 16.
The two countries signed a MoU on electricity swap last December, which envisages linking the two countries power networks and exchange of electricity.
According to Mahmoud Vaezi, Iran's ICT minister, the connection of Iranian and Azerbaijani power networks will also lead to linking them with Russian and Georgian electricity networks.
Early in February Azerbaijani Minister of Energy Natig Aliyev said that Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia are working on the establishment of the North-South energy corridor among the three countries.
Iran's Deputy Energy Minister Falahatian further said that Iran's electricity network is currently connected with majority of its neighboring countries, adding that Tehran is exchanging electricity with its neighbors excluding the Persian Gulf states.
Main importers of Iran's electricity are Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, Falahatian said, adding Armenia and Turkmenistan are leading electricity exporters to the Islamic Republic.