Iraq agrees to supply Lebanon with fuel for six months
Last Updated: Mar 29, 2025, 09:50:00 PM IST
Iraq will continue supplying Lebanon with fuel for another six months, according to a statement from Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. This deal, initially made in July 2021, aims to mitigate Lebanon's severe power shortage. Lebanon exchanges the heavy fuel oil received from Iraq for gas oil, which powers its underperforming power stations.
Iraq has agreed to supply Lebanon with fuel for six more months, the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement on Saturday, renewing a deal meant to alleviate Lebanon's acute power shortage.
Under the heavy fuel oil deal , first agreed in July 2021, Iraq provides the Lebanese government with the fuel in exchange for services including health care for Iraqi citizens.
Lebanon then swaps the heavy fuel oil for gas oil that it can use at its power stations.
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