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A UAE company has agreed to build a residential and commercial compound in Karbala, the chairman of the Karbala council said on Monday. “A delegation from a UAE company has wrapped up its several-day visit to Karbala, during which it expressed an interest in implementing tourism and hotel projects in the province, as it has […]
Energy companies from the UAE are interested in investing as Iraq’s oil and natural-gas industries, a government official said. “There are indications that the UAE will have a place in the petroleum and energy sector,” Abdullah Ibrahim Al Shehi, the country’s ambassador to Iraq, said on Monday at a gathering of diplomatic officials in Abu […]
A number of UAE companies wanting to launch investment projects in Basra province has increased in recent weeks, said a spokesman for Basra's governor on Sunday. "Basra province received more than four UAE companies within a month," Salem Al-Taqi, told AKnews. [We assume that "more than four" means "five" - Ed.] "Basra's governor, Sheltag Aboud, […]
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s largest regional, private sector, natural gas company, has announced its financial results for the quarter ended 30th June 2010. Revenue from the sale of hydrocarbons increased to AED 428 million, with gross profit reaching AED 179 million. These figures represent increases of 41% and 84% respectively, compared to the […]
Investors from Arab countries have led other foreign investors in the Kurdistan Region in the last two years with nearly $2.7 billion (3.2 trillion Iraqi dinars) of investment in various sectors of the Region’s economy, a senior official of the Kurdistan Investment Board (KIB) told AKnews. “Four Arab countries -- Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan […]
A 55 billion U.A.E. dirham ($15 billion) property development that was to have been built in Iraqi Kurdistan by Dubai-based developer Damac Properties has been cancelled, reports Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National on Thursday. The Tarin Hills project was to be a mixed-use development including luxury villas, two five-star hotels, a theme park, golf course, […]
The Iraqi National Investment Commission has said some of the projects — worth nearly $70 billion (Dh257.4 billion) — are expected to be finalised in the near future. The news comes after Emirates announced it will begin flights to Baghdad in July. Etihad Airways has been flying to the Iraqi capital since April.
The visit that Her Excellency UAE minister of foreign trade Shekha Lubna Bint Khalid made to Kurdistan Iraq region late last week heading an investment and trade delegation gave a new push to strategic investment and trade cooperation between Iraq and UAE. This visit represented a new starting point in economic relations between the two […]
A firm based in the United Arab of Emirates (U.A.E) will invest in a big housing project in the Iraqi capital, the Baghdad Mayoralty said on Sunday. “The company will invest $20 billion over a period of 10 years,” the mayoralty said in a release received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The project will consist […]
Etihad Airways will become the first UAE carrier to fly direct to Iraq, from April 26
Iraqi Ports Company has signed a contract with a U.A.E.-based firm to rehabilitate parts of Umm Qasr Port in Basra province, southern Iraq.
Iraqi government has authorized the Finance Minister to sign an investment agreement with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). It said that the authorization will facilitate investments in Iraq. ( Aswat Al Iraq )
