100 electrical transformers arrived into the Kurdish area

Originally published February 27, 1998

In accordance with the Oil-for-Food deal between UN and Iraq, 100 electrical transformers arrived into the Kurdish area in the North of Iraq.

"These transformers have been brought into the Region in accordance with the UN resolution 986," Director General of Electricity in the region told the reporters, they are to solve a big problem of the shortage of electricity in the region he added. " We expect some 50 other transformers to arrive within near future," he confirmed.

The United Nations recently approved an increase in the amount of the food-for-oil deal to 5.2 Billion US dollars every 6 month, allowing Iraq to sell oil and buy basic necessities.