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Jordan, South Korea sign US $28m loan deal

Published: 15 May 2013 - 11:03 am | Last Updated: 03 Feb 2022 - 06:49 am

AMMAN: Jordan's Ministry of Planning and International Co-operation has signed an agreement with South Korea under which the latter will provide Jordan with a US $28 million loan to boost its water resources.

The loan to be facilitated through the Export-Import Bank of Korea.

The loan will fund the first phase of a sewage network in southern Amman, in addition to protecting groundwater from pollution through establishing a central water purification plant with a daily capacity of 52,000 cubic metres. (QNA)