According to
Public Relations Office of TPPH Company, Reza Ardakanian,
Iranian Minister of Energy at the sideline of meeting with Sergei Anatolievich
Storchak, Deputy Finance Minister of Russia Federation, referred to
construction project of Sirik 1400Mw Power Plant in Hormozgan Province by using 1.2 billion euros loan from
Russian government and said: “The loan required an extension to extend the contract due to the length of
its operational procedures, which was signed today between the Russian Ministry
of Finance and the Iranian Ministry of Economy and Finance.”
Head of the Iranian-Russian Joint Commission on Economic
and Trade Cooperation emphasized: “According to today's agreement, it is
expected that in the next two months the equipment of the Sirik power plant
will start and the project will be implemented.”
He continued: “Previously, a commercial contract for the
development of one of Iran's hydroelectric power plants, along with the
rehabilitation of one of our country's thermal power plants, had also been
signed with the Russian side which According to today's announcement by Russian
Ministry of Finance officials, there is no problem in providing 650-700 million
euros in form of loans for these projects.”
Minister of
Energy of I.R. of Iran said: “The Garmsar-Inchebron Railway Electrification Project will also be
implemented with a loan from the Russian Government which based on today's
meeting of Officials from Iranian Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and
the Russian Ministry of Finance, we hope this
project will be implemented this year.”