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Turkish energy ministry delegation to visit Syria to go over energy cooperation

A delegation from Turkey's. energy ministry will check out Syria quickly to go over possible. energy cooperation consisting of transferring electrical power to alleviate. power scarcities, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar stated late. on Monday.

Turkey, which backed Syrian rebels who fell President. Bashar al-Assad this month after a 13-year civil war, has. reopened its embassy in Damascus and its intelligence chief and. foreign minister have met de-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Erdogan last week stated that Ankara would do whatever. needed for the reconstruction of Syria, consisting of improving. energy ties.

A delegation from the Energy Ministry will check out Syria as. soon as possible and will conduct examinations on electricity. and energy facilities of Syria, Bayraktar informed press reporters.

The Turkish delegation will likewise go over energy cooperation. with the new Syrian federal government and Turkey's possible assistance. on the problem, Bayraktar included.

The main problem in Syria in the field of energy is the. electrical energy (lack) at the minute. A formula will be sought. ( for Turkey) to supply electrical energy to Syria, he added.

Turkey presently provides electrical energy to some parts of. northern Syria where it has mounted 4 military operations. given that 2016.

(source: Reuters)