Iranian company to resume the project of the railway link with Iraq

Iranian company to resume the project of the railway link with Iraq

 Baghdad / term

Announced that the Iraqi Transport Minister Kazem cup Hamami, from the Iranian capital Tehran, on Sunday, re - work project railway Samawa-long 17 line km with three bridges and Mqterpatha, between his Iranian counterpart that the efforts moving toward linking Iran and Iraq through Skki line to facilitate the transport of goods and people.
The Undersecretary of the Iranian Minister for Transport and Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation Authority of Iran and the Iraqi ambassador in Tehran Rajeh al - Musawi, in addition to the Iraqi General Railways Director Mr. Salam Jaber, held a meeting took place in which discuss the issue of navigation in the Shatt al - Arab and projects of the railway link between the two countries.
He said in a statement received Hamami (range) a copy of it, after a visit to Tehran last weekend, we discussed the development of transport visitors through Iran, as well as ways to develop aviation, airports , and the airline industry.
He explained Hamami, that after a hiatus of more than two years , and after long negotiations with the Iranian company "Baland Bayh", we were able to ease the problems relating to all , especially the financial ones and persuade it to resume its work to complete the project railway link in Iraq ..
He Hamami, that the project which stopped in 2015 due to the financial crisis, will be the work done by the same company and has been the railway link between Iraq and Iran , and to facilitate the transfer process between the two countries.
On the other hand , published the Fars news agency , Iranian Transport Minister Iranian Abbas Akhunda as saying that Iranian companies are ready to offer its expertise all in order to develop the transport sectors in Iraq to serve the interests of the two countries, adding that the efforts moving toward linking Iran and Iraq through Skki line to facilitate the transport of goods and people.
The director of the General Company for Railways Media has said in previous press statements, that the railway line length of 32 km, the project is "part of future projects to link Iraq to neighboring countries through the railway."
And confirms experts in the economy, to link the railway with Iran will bring significant economic benefits to the two countries , which is in force in all European countries system ", as the transfer of retail prices and the goods will be less expensive than the wheels and more secure from them as the rate of accidents will be reduced in the external roads.
It is estimated the volume of trade exchange between Iran and Iraq $ 13 billion, while Iraq is the main destination for expatriates Iranian religious visits.
the suffering of the Iraqi railways of the statute of limitations, the lack of maintenance due to Iraq 's wars, economic blockade imposed in the nineties of the last century after the invasion of Kuwait.


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