German companies negotiate to establish residential compounds in Muthanna

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: A German delegation of international companies arrives in Samawa city on Thursday to hold negotiations for establishing developed residential compounds and a cement factory, the head of the investment authority in Muthanna said. “Negotiations underway with the German group to sign a final agreement on the mechanism to set up more than 5,000 residential units in three compounds in Muthanna,” Adel al-Yasseri told IraqiNews.com. Muthanna, 280 km south of Baghdad , is bordering Saudi Arabia . Its capital is Samawa. It was the first Iraqi province where security responsibilities were transferred from the Multi-National Force (MNF) to the Iraqis. On July 13, 2006 British, Australian, and Japanese forces handed over security responsibility for Muthanna province to Iraqi forces. Prior to 1976 it was part of the al-Diwaniya province. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruin of Uruk, which is possibly the source of the name Iraq . SH (P) 1