Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 24

13-June-2005

iran

Iran, Benin Sign Power Plant MOU

Iranian Energy Minister Habibollah Bitaraf and Benins Minister of Energy, Mining and Water Resources Kamarou Fassassi signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Tehran on 7 June for cooperation in electrical power and water projects. The MOU envisages Iran building a 126mw thermal power plant in Benin under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement, participation in the construction of two 160kv...