Jordan is to allow Iraq to join its national electricity grid, confirmed Jordanian Electricity Minister Azmi Khreissat on 17 November. He told the local Arabic-language daily newspaper Al-Rai that the deal had been reached after talks held on 15 November with Iraq's interim Electricity Minister Ayham al-Samarrai. 'It was agreed to carry out an electricity link-up between the two countries through the Risha power plant and to carry out the necessary studies concerning this,' Khreissat said.