French, Turkish, Indian companies want to invest in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: The Wassit Investment Commission received investment offers from French, Turkish and Indian companies, chairman of the WIC said on Monday. “The French company expressed readiness to invest a mountain in Badra district, east of Kut, to produce cement,” Sadeq Howeidi told IraqiNews.com news agency, noting that the company seeks to establish a factory to produce cement in the region. “The company presented other offers to set up low-cost houses in the province,” he added. “An Indian and Turkish companies presented offers to invest in the pharmaceutical industry,” Howeidi said. Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 km southeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 78