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[00:02:08] between Jozjan's Jangalan natural gas
[00:02:11] and Baghirah coal production
[00:02:13] of
[00:02:19] were produced.
[00:02:27] jobs.
[00:02:30] The question is how much this project will reduce Afghanistan's
[00:02:33] reliance on other countries for electricity,
[00:02:37] how much change it will bring in the energy sector,
[00:02:40] and what its economic impact
[00:02:42] will be, as this is the topic of the change.
[00:04:00] under the umbrella of Azizi Energy Investment Dubai, all its investment
[00:04:03] is from Dubai, from Azizi himself. It's completely 100% from them.
[00:04:07] They are not partners or shareholders. This
[00:04:11] is according to the commitment of 10 billion dollars, which is 10,000 megawatts
[00:04:14] of electricity that was promised a year ago. This was announced
[00:04:18] for the implementation of programs, for the production of 10,000
[00:04:21] megawatts of electricity. We need a source from which
[00:04:25] electricity can be produced. The source that is usable is in the nuclear plan
[00:04:28] that
[00:05:00] all its talks will take about two years, but the exploitation of the
[00:05:03] mine has been contracted for 30 years. We hope that, God willing, we can start
[00:05:07] practical work from the site as soon as possible,
[00:05:10] and the commitments that energy
[00:05:18] because one issue that people are very much waiting for is that electricity
[00:05:22] is the infrastructure of infrastructures. We always
[00:05:25] remember it. We must prove it
[00:05:28] in practice. God willing, the program that was signed yesterday is a practical
[00:05:31] step for the implementation of that commitment that was made to the Afghan nation.
[00:05:35] God willing, it will definitely be implemented. Well,
[00:05:38] Mr. Ghalib, to what extent can these projects reduce Afghanistan's
[00:05:42] dependence on imported electricity?
[00:05:45] Well,
[00:05:48] let me say that Azizi Energy's
[00:05:52] is that we should be able to implement all 10,000.
[00:05:56] How much of it will be practical depends on
[00:05:59] how many other resources, other contracts we have for gas and
[00:06:02] gas.
[00:06:06] There is Klich and Drisof mine that should be extracted
[00:06:09] in the future. And secondly, it wants land.
[00:06:12] Government transfers for purchase. If we can
[00:06:16] produce all 10,000 megawatts of electricity, be sure that Afghanistan
[00:06:19] will not only be self-sufficient in electricity, but Afghanistan's electricity will also become an exporting
[00:06:23] country in the near future, God willing. It can become an exporter.
[00:06:26] Currently, in the short term, Brishna
[00:06:30] is forced to consider both imported electricity and domestically
[00:06:34] produced electricity in an
[00:06:36] equal proportion so that there is no electricity shortage.
[00:06:40] خلاف در کمبود در وجود نبیایه.
[00:07:42] If I talk about gas resources, I will not be wrong
[00:07:46] if I say that WIES built a 40 megawatt power plant, and
[00:07:50] it was a temporary thing. They had brought a mobile turbine, which
[00:07:53] unfortunately, its contract has been delayed
[00:07:56] and it is not producing. But this device
[00:07:59] is a permanent device, it's permanent, it will contribute for 20 years. It produces electricity.
[00:08:02] This is not cheap. And coal is the first project
[00:08:06] in Afghanistan. We
[00:08:09] are facing a shortage of technical energy in Afghanistan.
[00:18:47] an investment that is long-term is a guarantee for the investor
[00:18:50] to be assured that with
[00:18:54] a change in law or
[00:18:57] policy that if it is advertised soon, the contract of an investor
[00:19:01] is with them, it is a guarantee for them. Secondly, when an investor
[00:19:04] invests, they must always consider
[00:19:07] the payback. If the contracts are short-term,
[00:19:11] then the prices go up and the investor wants to get their
[00:19:15] money back quickly. The government itself will not be that stable.
[00:19:19] They will take their money and leave. It is possible that they
[00:19:22] will invest in another project, but if it is long-term, the government
[00:19:26] itself will gain confidence that over
[00:19:29] 30 years, the technology will become better and better.
[00:19:32] Secondly, people will be confident of the production.
[00:19:36] its extraction, its benefits. Thirdly, its economic
[00:19:39] aspect is that annually, these two specific
[00:19:43] projects, if I say, each of them, like
[00:19:46] the coal project, is
[00:19:49] 257 million dollars of investment, which is about
[00:19:53] 10 to 12 million in exploration service, then
[00:19:56] the rest of its investment is
[00:20:00] 2778 million dollars of investment, a huge amount of money
[00:20:04] for Afghanistan itself.
[00:20:37] If I'm not mistaken, it will bring about 1.7 billion dollars in profit to Afghanistan.
[00:20:41] Similarly, in the coal itself
[00:20:44] or the gas from the project, because it is one of the
[00:20:47] largest mining areas in Afghanistan.
[00:21:24] should sell to the government if the contract is long-term
[00:21:27] then the investor can divide it over
[00:21:31] 5 years or 10 years
[00:21:34] and the price of gas and coal will be cheaper
[00:21:37] and it should be said that these contracts clearly state
[00:21:41] that they will be used for electricity generation,
[00:21:45] that's why the contract with
[00:21:48] Azizi has a condition that they are not
[00:21:52] for sale in the market, they are used for electricity
[00:21:55] generation, that's why it's important that the selling price should be
[00:21:59] a very specific
[00:22:01] price.
[00:22:03] The current power transmission networks have the capacity to transmit 200
[00:22:07] megawatts of additional electricity. You made a good point. One part
[00:22:10] that we want
[00:22:13] to talk about is that currently, Brishna is in talks.
[00:22:17] A team from Energy
[00:22:20] is discussing what the government's responsibilities
[00:22:24] company's responsibilities are. One of Brishna
[00:22:28] they should prepare the transmission line. The current transmission lines
[00:22:32] are fine if they take 2000 megawatts,
[00:22:35] but if we want to reach 100, they can't. If
[00:22:39] we want to take imported electricity and electricity from
[00:22:42] can't. That's why it's important that at the same time, more in
[00:22:46] the beginning, I mentioned that a special committee should be formed for infrastructure. that
[00:25:20] those professional people who are currently
[00:25:24] facing shortages. Afghanistan has good relations
[00:25:27] with countries. In your opinion, which countries
[00:25:31] can help Afghanistan in this field?
[00:25:34] There are two types of countries.
[00:25:37] One is our neighbors, and
[00:25:40] there are distant foreign or international
[00:25:42] countries that are further away. So, we have
[00:25:46] current needs and problems.
[00:25:55] We must use what we have. Countries that have better
[00:25:59] cooperation with Afghanistan, such as Uzbekistan and Iran.
[00:26:32] Because our transit relations are very good, there are cars and a railway line,
[00:26:36] so it can be very good. Secondly, the price is cheap.
[00:26:39] The price in China is cheap, but previously, a container
[00:26:43] of goods that came cost about 3,000 to
[00:26:46] 4,000 dollars. Now it's 15 to 18 to 20 thousand dollars.
[00:26:50] This doubles or triples the project cost. But if we go to Iran,
[00:26:53] it's good. Secondly, it's good because
[00:26:57] the price is cheap and they also have professional staff.
[00:27:00] And the countries, both neighboring countries I mentioned,
[00:27:04] have made very good progress in
[00:27:07] electricity technology. We can use their experience
[00:27:11] better. Be sure that we will be successful in the technology sector.
[00:27:15] My second suggestion is that we should
[00:27:18] have factories. Investors and traders should come to Afghanistan
[00:27:21] and set up transformer factories. Unfortunately, we don't have proper ones.
[00:27:25] We don't have switchgear. Let's
[00:27:28] bring some technology from neighboring countries.
[00:27:31] Investment from the private sector, land from the government.
[00:27:35] They call it public-private partnership. If it is established,
[00:27:38] the project price will go down, it will create jobs, and Afghanistan
[00:27:41] will become self-sufficient in that regard. So we should have a broad vision.
[00:27:45] When we say self-sufficient, it's not just electricity production. We should be
[00:27:49] self-sufficient in its infrastructure and production. We should use experience.
[00:27:53] I'm sure we will be successful. Thank you very much. I'm coming back, Mr. Ahmadi.
[00:27:56] It has
[00:27:59] been repeatedly stated that