Iran's foreign minister told his Iraqi counterpart on Friday that a reduction in gas exports to Iraq was a technical matter and Tehran had not decided on any cuts, an Iraqi foreign ministry statement said, as the two countries try to resolve Baghdad's huge unpaid bills.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein asked Iranian's Hossein Amirabdollahian during a phone call about Iran's reduction of exports in the past week, which Hussein said "led to a decrease in electricity production and has repercussions on daily life," the statement said.
Iraq usually imports between 50 million to 70 million cubic meters of gas, according to Iraq's electricity ministry spokesperson Ahmed Moussa. Iraq, however, has trouble paying for those imports: it owes Iran around $11 billion in outstanding debts, according to Iraqi officials, which it struggles to pay due to U.S. sanctions on Iran that limit dollar transactions.previously amid the longstanding dispute over the debt repayments, both countries have sought to find creative ways to settle parts of the debt.
It noted transfers had been made from Iran's account at Iraq's state-owned Trade Bank of Iraq to a Saudi bank, with the aim of securing spending on Iranian pilgrims who will travel to Saudi Arabia for the 2023 haj season.
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