Aswat Aliraq reported that Egyptian companies will build 3.5 million housing units in Iraq as part of a cooperation program that also includes investment projects in the country.

The paper said that "The Iraqi and Egyptian relations have entered a new phase of development following a cooperation program that allows Egyptian companies to powerfully enter the Iraqi markets."

The newspaper also covered the talks between the Mr Mahmoud Mohieldin Egyptian minister of investment and an Iraqi delegation led by Mr Sami Raouf al-Araji chairman of the National Investment Commission.

(Sourced from Aswat Aliraq)