Wednesday, Jan 04, 2012

(This story was originally published Tuesday.)

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Kuwait's Combined Group Contracting Co., or CGC, Tuesday said that along with its Turkish partner Tekar Teknik Arastirma it has been awarded a $94 million road construction deal in the republic of Tajikistan.

CGC said in a statement posted on the Kuwait bourse website that the project will be implemented over three years and that its share in it will be 70%.

The project, awarded by the transport ministry of the Central Asian country, involves the construction of a road and a bridge, according to the statement.

By Shikrallah Nakhoul, Zawya Dow Jones, +961 1 985757, shikrallah@zawya.com

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