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China to build airport, between Iraq in China in September 2019, but been resolved,” Abdul Lateef said.
The exchange of oil for projects was agreed
No cash value was given for the airport
housing and healthcare no projects had been settled on until now. when it was announced in June, however
Sabah Abdul Lateef, an adviser to Iraqi
it will be a relatively small facility, with an
facilities for Iraqi oil prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, said annual passenger capacity of 750,000. The
Sadr city plan, which was announced in April,
the two sides had resolved differences that
China will build an airport in Nasiriyah, had held up the scheme, and China would is a megaproject with a value of around $7bn.
central Iraq, and nearly 90,000 houses in the undertake the projects for 100,000 barrels of No contractors have been named in
Baghdad district of Sadr City in return for oil, Iraqi crude, reports Zawya news. association with the schemes.
a government official said yesterday. It will “These projects will be carried out in line GCR
also construct 1,000 healthcare facilities and with the Iraq-China agreement after all legal
improve Baghdad’s sewerage. issues that have faced the agreement have

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