2023-01-13T15:58:15.000000 Z / Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani and Chancellor Olaf Scholz headed an expanded meeting in between agents of the Iraqi and German federal governments in Berlin on Friday.Speaking in a joint press conference later, Prime Minister al-Sudani stated the conference heralds a strategic relation between Iraq and Germany.The meeting, according to a main readout by al-Sudanis office, talked about prospects of financial joint action, prepares to expand deals on fossil and renewable energy, and German investments in Iraqi facilities.

Germany provided military assistance to Iraq in its fight against ISIS.

It offered developmental support too, al-Sudani said.Scholz stated that Germany assisted Iraq recuperate from the atrocities committed by ISIS and continues to assist accomplish stability there.

There is an opportunity to deepen our economic ties, he included, I am pleased by the offer Iraq and Siemens concluded.

Germany remains in talks with the Iraqi government over the possibility of importing natural gas from the oil-rich nation, Chancellor Scholz said.

We likewise discussed possible gas deliveries to Germany and consented to remain in close contact, he added.Baghdad has actually provided chances to German business to buy utilizing Iraqs natural gas and the gas produced as a by-product from oil production, al-Sudani stated, including that Iraq wishes to deliver gas through a pipeline by means of Turkey to Europe.

Iraq continues to flare some of the gas drawn out alongside petroleum because it does not have the facilities to process it into fuel for local intake or exports.Germany, which utilized to get 55% of its gas imports from Russia, has actually been seeking to diversify its LNG imports to prevent heavy reliance on a couple of exporters, after deals with Qatar and the United States.