MOC reveals new details about the satellite project

BAGHDAD-INA

Ministry of Communications announced Sunday that it is in the process of contracting with a consulting company to build the satellite, while pointing to the reasons for stopping the project ten years ago.

 The Director-General of the Foreign Relations and Information Department in the ministry, Adel Al-Araji, told the Iraqi News Agency INA, that "the satellite is an ambitious project that has stopped since 2012 and has passed through the conditions of ISIS terrorist and the lack of a budget," noting that "since 2013 until today, no investment budget for this project had been approved.

 He pointed out, "A public tender has been launched for all companies, and now we are in the process of contracting with a consulting company to determine the requirements and technical specifications for the satellite, and the state budget will not cost any amounts on the investment budget."