UAE firm wants to invest in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A firm based at the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) is interested in investing in Wassit province in the fields of housing and agriculture. “The company wants to invest in a housing compound of 3,500 houses,” Sondoss al-Thahabi, head of the Wassit provincial media committee, told IraqiNews.com news agency on Wednesday. She said that the Wassit Provincial Council has allocated the lands required to execute the projects. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad. MH (P)/SH 2