Deputy PM, Italian envoy discuss development of oilfield, Big Faw Port

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minster Rafie al-Issawi has met with the Italian ambassador to the country to discuss the development of al-Zubeir oilfield and the construction of the Big Faw Port. “The meeting tackled the progress of work by the Italian ENI company in the development of al-Zubeir oilfield,” according to a statement released by Issawi’s office and received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The two officials also discussed the establishment of factories at al-Faw Port in an attempt to boost the Iraqi economy and to provide job opportunities for Iraqi technicians and engineers, the statement noted. SS (P) 2