Turkey aims to provide electricity to Syria and help the country strengthen its energy infrastructure.
According to the statement made today by Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Ankara's plan is to be able to cooperate with the new Syrian authorities to exploit the oil and natural gas deposits that this country has.
"We must very quickly provide electricity to the areas of Syria that do not have it, initially with imports. In the medium term, we plan to increase the energy production capacity there," said the Turkish minister.
Bayraktar said at the year-end meeting with journalists that a delegation, which he may lead, plans to go to Syria on Saturday to discuss the country's electrical transition, infrastructure restoration and other issues, A2 writes.
"Everything is needed in Syria. We will work on an infrastructure plan with the leaders there," he said, adding that Turkey could also supply electricity to Lebanon through Syria.
Bayraktar noted that Ankara is looking for ways to use Syria's oil and gas resources to rebuild the country, as production of both has declined during the civil war.
"There are many issues that need to be matured, from the creation of an oil pipeline from Syria to Turkey and its connection with the Iraq-Turkey pipeline," he noted, while assessing that Ankara and Damascus can cooperate in the oil and gas sector. natural in the near future.
After backing the Syrian rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad earlier in December, Turkey has become one of the main forces influencing Syria and has pledged to help rebuild the country after 13 years of civil war.
Turkey was one of the first countries to reopen its embassy in Damascus, while the Turkish foreign minister and the country's intelligence chief met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sara. (A2 Televizion)
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