Ahmed Mukhtar Naqshbandi
ISLAMABAD: The United States has asked for Pakistan’s assistance in the rehabilitation of Ukraine’s electricity transmission system.
The US Embassy in Islamabad, in a letter to Pakistan’s energy ministry, asked for a lending hand in rehabilitation of power infrastructure in the war-ravaged country. It said that Russia had targeted Ukrainian plants, damaging the country’s energy infrastructure.
US says carrying rehabilitation work alongside partners, G-7
The letter said that in order to carry out repair and rehabilitation activities in Ukraine, the US was leading an effort with friendly partner countries and G-7 to gather the required support for Ukraine.
The US side also shared a list of equipment, asking for any kind of equipment used in energy supply or even financial support in this regard.
Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also discussed the matter during his official visit to Washington in December 2022.
Bilawal told the US authorities that the availability and supply of the equipment would be checked and feedback would be provided on the request accordingly, according to sources.
