Shafaq News- Al-Diwaniyah
Al-Diwaniyah International Airport remains without aninvestor despite interest from several companies, Governor Abbas Al-Zamili toldShafaq News on Sunday.
Al-Zamili pointed out that the airport was first listed as adevelopment opportunity in 2015 and was later awarded to a Kuwaiti company. However, the company's failure to advance the scheme led authorities to revokeits investment license in 2017. The project was reintroduced as an opportunityduring the former government led by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani andwas directly referred for investment under an exceptional procedure exempt fromstandard advertising requirements.
The airport is a strategic facility located in Iraq's MiddleEuphrates region along the international highway. It is designed with 80% ofits capacity dedicated to air cargo operations and 20% to passenger transport,covering an area of approximately 7,000 dunams (700 hectares).
Al-Zamili urged Baghdad to pay greater attention to theinitiative, stressing that it could become an important economic resource forthe province.
Earlier this week, the governor noted that the developmentprojects in the province require more than 100 billion dinars ($76 million) toresume work after funding stopped.
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