Tehran, Baku to jointly build power plants

Iranian lawmakers have approved a bill on joint construction of two hydropower plants with Azerbaijan.

The bill authorizes the construction of the plants near the Aras River borderline in the Iranian town Marazad and Azerbaijan’s Ordubad. 

The bill was passed with a majority of votes with 180 voters being for, 9 against and 5 abstentions.

This was part of several topics that Iran and Azerbaijan agreed on in a basic agreement they signed in December 2015. 

The document envisages cooperation in construction of power plants at Khoda Afarin and Qiz Qalasi dams on Aras river as well as construction of Ordubad power plant on the Azerbaijani side and Marazad power plant on the Iranian side, Azernews.com reported.

Moreover, the agreement involves the implementation of joint guideline operations on border rivers' water management.

Iran and Azerbaijan have been recently increasing their cooperation in multiple areas.

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