TEHRAN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said Saturday that Iran and Afghanistan will speed up cooperation on energy, including electricity generation and transmission.

The two countries will set up a working group, which was recommended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, to discuss the date of holding a meeting of the Iran-Afghanistan Joint Economic Cooperation Commission, Ardakanian told the official IRNA news agency.

Ardakanin said that the agreement on repairing Afghanistan's turbines and power transformers will be carried out.

On Aug. 18, Iran and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation in the power industry, including repairing and renewing old transmission equipment, building the Zaranj grid, and synchronizing the two countries' national grids.