15 February 2012, Erbil – H.E. Dr. Ali Sindi, KRG Minister of Planning, received Mr. Takema Sakamoto, chief representative of JICA in Iraq and his accompanied delegation.

The meeting discussed JICA's activities in the Kurdistan Region in general and in particular three major projects costing around 600 million USDs, implemented within the framework of the Japanese soft-loan to the Iraqi federal government. The three projects are reconstruction of the electricity sector in the three KRG governorates, improvement of water delivery to Halabja city to improve quantity and quality and construction of hydropower station in Deraluk in Duhok governorate to increase electricity production in the Region. It is worth mentioning that these projects are co-financed by the KRG with 10% contribution of the total budget.

Dr. Sindi extended the Kurdistan government and people's gratitude to the Japanese government and people and reiterated the MoP's willingness to offer any assistant and facilitation.