First Automotive Plant Contract Signed in Kurdistan Region

By John Lee.

An agreement has been signed to build an automotive manufacturing plant in Zakho, in Iraq's Kurdistan Region. The contract was signed between Harlem Group and China's Jetour International, marking what the companies describe as the first and largest domestic automotive manufacturing project in the Region, covering more than 1,000 dunams.

The contract was signed by Alan Noor, Board Member of Harlem Group, and Jin Kai, Middle East Regional Director at Jetour International, in the presence of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.

Also in attendance were Dr Mohammed Shukri, Chairman of the Investment Board of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Gohdar Sheikho, Supervisor of the Independent Administration of Zakho, and Chinese Consul Zhang Jianxin.

According to the company, the project aims to transfer knowledge and technology, create local employment, and develop an industrial workforce in the Region.

(Source: Jetour Iraq)

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