Basra businessmen meet Ukraine’s

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra businessmen on Saturday held a meeting with a group of Ukrainian firms’ directors to encourage those companies to invest in the province. “The economic meeting tackled water, electricity, sewage and other services,” Sabeeh al-Mousawi, head of the businessmen’s office, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The Ukrainian side left the meeting with good impression about the security in Basra,” he said. “There will be another meeting to receive offers from the Ukrainian firms,” he added. The oil-rich city of Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. MH (P) / SS 1