BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug 8 (NNN-NINA) – A Chinese company, on Wednesday, signed a 1.39-billion-U.S. dollar construction contract with Iraq, to implement civil engineering projects and infrastructure in southern Iraq.
A statement by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, said that, it had signed with Iraq, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, a package contract, for housing, education, medical care, visitors’ serving complex and ancillary facility projects, in governorates of Najaf, Karbala and Basra.
The projects, which include low-cost housing, education and medical centres, as well as, tourist service centres, and supporting infrastructure, will take three years to be completed, the statement added.– NNN-NINA
