Japanese firms to carry out 3 strategic projects in Iraq – amb.

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Japanese ambassador in Iraq Shoji Ogawa reviewed with Iraqi Finance Minister Baqer Jabr al-Zubaydi strategic projects to be carried out by a Japanese loan, according to a ministry release on Thursday. “Agreements were reached in Tokyo to carry out a sewage project in Baghdad, another on water in the Iraqi Kurdistan region and a third one to build the South Power Station,” read the release as received by IraqiNews.com news agency. Zubaydi praised the Japanese government’s role in sustaining Iraq through a loan of $3.5 billion contributing to the access of Japanese companies to Iraq to implement important projects in the spheres of energy, water and roads. AmR (P) 1