Jordan Times
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Municipal affairs
minister discusses reconstruction with Iraqi counterpart
Minister of Municipal Affairs Nader Thuheirat met on Friday with his Iraqi
counterpart Riyad Ghreib to discuss reconstruction of municipal affairs sector
in Iraq. During the meeting, the two sides agreed on a twin project between
Zarqa and Al Anbar, which includes expertise exchange and the establishment of
public parks and gardens. The ministry is ready to provide support
consultations, combating poverty and unemployment, rehabilitation of the
sector’s employees and management of solid and liquid wastes, Thuheirat said.
Jamal Abu Obeid, the ministry’s secretary general, briefed the Iraqi minister on
a project of rehabilitating 23,000 employees to improve the municipal affairs
sector.