ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: The Anbar council announced on Monday that it agreed with a United Arab Emirates company to cultivate desert of the western region and invest it for 15  years.

 

"The provincial council signed a memorandum of understanding with a UAE company, which includes a group of foreign companies, including a British one, to cultivate the western desert and invest it for 15 years," Hasssan al-Mulla, chairman of the council's investment committee told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

 

"Cultivating desert in Anbar and investing it will help fighting desertification, improving environment and activating the agriculture sector," he added.

 

 

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