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00:02:08between Jozjan's Jangalan natural gas
00:02:11and Baghirah coal production
00:02:13of
00:02:19were produced.
00:02:27jobs.
00:02:30The question is how much this project will reduce Afghanistan's
00:02:33reliance on other countries for electricity,
00:02:37how much change it will bring in the energy sector,
00:02:40and what its economic impact
00:02:42will be, as this is the topic of the change.
00:04:00under the umbrella of Azizi Energy Investment Dubai, all its investment
00:04:03is from Dubai, from Azizi himself. It's completely 100% from them.
00:04:07They are not partners or shareholders. This
00:04:11is according to the commitment of 10 billion dollars, which is 10,000 megawatts
00:04:14of electricity that was promised a year ago. This was announced
00:04:18for the implementation of programs, for the production of 10,000
00:04:21megawatts of electricity. We need a source from which
00:04:25electricity can be produced. The source that is usable is in the nuclear plan
00:04:28that
00:05:00all its talks will take about two years, but the exploitation of the
00:05:03mine has been contracted for 30 years. We hope that, God willing, we can start
00:05:07practical work from the site as soon as possible,
00:05:10and the commitments that energy
00:05:18because one issue that people are very much waiting for is that electricity
00:05:22is the infrastructure of infrastructures. We always
00:05:25remember it. We must prove it
00:05:28in practice. God willing, the program that was signed yesterday is a practical
00:05:31step for the implementation of that commitment that was made to the Afghan nation.
00:05:35God willing, it will definitely be implemented. Well,
00:05:38Mr. Ghalib, to what extent can these projects reduce Afghanistan's
00:05:42dependence on imported electricity?
00:05:45Well,
00:05:48let me say that Azizi Energy's
00:05:52is that we should be able to implement all 10,000.
00:05:56How much of it will be practical depends on
00:05:59how many other resources, other contracts we have for gas and
00:06:02gas.
00:06:06There is Klich and Drisof mine that should be extracted
00:06:09in the future. And secondly, it wants land.
00:06:12Government transfers for purchase. If we can
00:06:16produce all 10,000 megawatts of electricity, be sure that Afghanistan
00:06:19will not only be self-sufficient in electricity, but Afghanistan's electricity will also become an exporting
00:06:23country in the near future, God willing. It can become an exporter.
00:06:26Currently, in the short term, Brishna
00:06:30is forced to consider both imported electricity and domestically
00:06:34produced electricity in an
00:06:36equal proportion so that there is no electricity shortage.
00:06:40خلاف در کمبود در وجود نبیایه.
00:07:42If I talk about gas resources, I will not be wrong
00:07:46if I say that WIES built a 40 megawatt power plant, and
00:07:50it was a temporary thing. They had brought a mobile turbine, which
00:07:53unfortunately, its contract has been delayed
00:07:56and it is not producing. But this device
00:07:59is a permanent device, it's permanent, it will contribute for 20 years. It produces electricity.
00:08:02This is not cheap. And coal is the first project
00:08:06in Afghanistan. We
00:08:09are facing a shortage of technical energy in Afghanistan.
00:18:47an investment that is long-term is a guarantee for the investor
00:18:50to be assured that with
00:18:54a change in law or
00:18:57policy that if it is advertised soon, the contract of an investor
00:19:01is with them, it is a guarantee for them. Secondly, when an investor
00:19:04invests, they must always consider
00:19:07the payback. If the contracts are short-term,
00:19:11then the prices go up and the investor wants to get their
00:19:15money back quickly. The government itself will not be that stable.
00:19:19They will take their money and leave. It is possible that they
00:19:22will invest in another project, but if it is long-term, the government
00:19:26itself will gain confidence that over
00:19:2930 years, the technology will become better and better.
00:19:32Secondly, people will be confident of the production.
00:19:36its extraction, its benefits. Thirdly, its economic
00:19:39aspect is that annually, these two specific
00:19:43projects, if I say, each of them, like
00:19:46the coal project, is
00:19:49257 million dollars of investment, which is about
00:19:5310 to 12 million in exploration service, then
00:19:56the rest of its investment is
00:20:002778 million dollars of investment, a huge amount of money
00:20:04for Afghanistan itself.
00:20:37If I'm not mistaken, it will bring about 1.7 billion dollars in profit to Afghanistan.
00:20:41Similarly, in the coal itself
00:20:44or the gas from the project, because it is one of the
00:20:47largest mining areas in Afghanistan.
00:21:24should sell to the government if the contract is long-term
00:21:27then the investor can divide it over
00:21:315 years or 10 years
00:21:34and the price of gas and coal will be cheaper
00:21:37and it should be said that these contracts clearly state
00:21:41that they will be used for electricity generation,
00:21:45that's why the contract with
00:21:48Azizi has a condition that they are not
00:21:52for sale in the market, they are used for electricity
00:21:55generation, that's why it's important that the selling price should be
00:21:59a very specific
00:22:01price.
00:22:03The current power transmission networks have the capacity to transmit 200
00:22:07megawatts of additional electricity. You made a good point. One part
00:22:10that we want
00:22:13to talk about is that currently, Brishna is in talks.
00:22:17A team from Energy
00:22:20is discussing what the government's responsibilities
00:22:24company's responsibilities are. One of Brishna
00:22:28they should prepare the transmission line. The current transmission lines
00:22:32are fine if they take 2000 megawatts,
00:22:35but if we want to reach 100, they can't. If
00:22:39we want to take imported electricity and electricity from
00:22:42can't. That's why it's important that at the same time, more in
00:22:46the beginning, I mentioned that a special committee should be formed for infrastructure. that
00:25:20those professional people who are currently
00:25:24facing shortages. Afghanistan has good relations
00:25:27with countries. In your opinion, which countries
00:25:31can help Afghanistan in this field?
00:25:34There are two types of countries.
00:25:37One is our neighbors, and
00:25:40there are distant foreign or international
00:25:42countries that are further away. So, we have
00:25:46current needs and problems.
00:25:55We must use what we have. Countries that have better
00:25:59cooperation with Afghanistan, such as Uzbekistan and Iran.
00:26:32Because our transit relations are very good, there are cars and a railway line,
00:26:36so it can be very good. Secondly, the price is cheap.
00:26:39The price in China is cheap, but previously, a container
00:26:43of goods that came cost about 3,000 to
00:26:464,000 dollars. Now it's 15 to 18 to 20 thousand dollars.
00:26:50This doubles or triples the project cost. But if we go to Iran,
00:26:53it's good. Secondly, it's good because
00:26:57the price is cheap and they also have professional staff.
00:27:00And the countries, both neighboring countries I mentioned,
00:27:04have made very good progress in
00:27:07electricity technology. We can use their experience
00:27:11better. Be sure that we will be successful in the technology sector.
00:27:15My second suggestion is that we should
00:27:18have factories. Investors and traders should come to Afghanistan
00:27:21and set up transformer factories. Unfortunately, we don't have proper ones.
00:27:25We don't have switchgear. Let's
00:27:28bring some technology from neighboring countries.
00:27:31Investment from the private sector, land from the government.
00:27:35They call it public-private partnership. If it is established,
00:27:38the project price will go down, it will create jobs, and Afghanistan
00:27:41will become self-sufficient in that regard. So we should have a broad vision.
00:27:45When we say self-sufficient, it's not just electricity production. We should be
00:27:49self-sufficient in its infrastructure and production. We should use experience.
00:27:53I'm sure we will be successful. Thank you very much. I'm coming back, Mr. Ahmadi.
00:27:56It has
00:27:59been repeatedly stated that