Turkey ready to supply Syria with energy, Erdogan: Will do everything necessary for its reconstruction

Turkey is ready to supply electricity to Syria and Lebanon and a team of government officials is already in Syria working on how to solve its energy issues, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced.

Turkey, which backed rebels in neighboring Syria who ousted Bashar al-Assad this month after a 13-year civil war, has reopened its embassy in Damascus and has already held high-level contacts with the new de-facto leader. Ahmed al-Sharaa.

"Perhaps the electricity needed by Syria and Lebanon will first be met by exporting it from Turkey," said Bayraktar.

It is reported that the ministry's delegation arrived in Damascus on Saturday and, according to Bayraktar's previous comments, will discuss possible energy cooperation, including the transmission of electricity to alleviate shortages. Reuters.

He said Syria's pre-war installed capacity of 8,500 megawatts had fallen to about 3,500 megawatts.

"The vast majority of people meet their electricity needs with generators, so there is actually a very serious need for electricity," the Turkish minister said, adding that the team was looking at how oil and gas resources could be used. natural of Syria.

Otherwise, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that Ankara will do everything necessary for the reconstruction of Syria.

Turkey currently supplies electricity to parts of northern Syria, where it has conducted four military operations since 2016. /Telegraph/