Iran begins its negotiations with Iraq to implement the Basra-Shalamja railway project

BAGHDAD - An 
Iranian delegation will travel to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] to coordinate the speedy implementation of the Shalmaj-Basra railway project , Assistant Minister of Transport and Town Construction Khairallah Khademi announced on Sunday . 
"This project requires a lot of coordination with the Iraqi side, and because of the need for more coordination, it was not supposed to lay the foundation stone for this project on this Eid al-Fitr," Khairullah Khadmi said in a statement to the Fars news agency. General, "noting that" the entire project is in Iraqi territory and for this reason, it is necessary to coordinate with the Iraqi side for the implementation of this railway project. "
He added that "Iran has agreed to invest in the construction of the 32-kilometer-long railway, and the Iranian government and the institution of the vulnerable have entered as an investor in this project in the framework of national interests." He said, "We seek to accelerate the technical activities of the project, To receive land, to accelerate the implementation of the project. " 
"The coordination is underway with the Iranian ambassador in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] on this project," said the executive director of the company for the construction and development of transport infrastructure in Iran. He added that the implementing agency has been defined by the government and the investor (the institution of the vulnerable) to go to the region and receive the land of the project. "Last week, the Director of the Iraqi Railway Corporation met with the Executive Director of the Railway Company of the Islamic Republic of Iran and promised to speed up the follow-up of the Shalmaga-Basra railway project and report its result to the Iranian side."
"An Iranian delegation will travel to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] next week to coordinate the receipt of the project's land and then go with the executive director of the Iranian railway company to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] to hold higher-level meetings and expedite the receipt of land," the executive director of the transport infrastructure construction and development company said. 
It was recently decided to complete the construction of this railway after an interruption of 8 years, following an agreement between the Iranian government and the Foundation of the Vulnerable with the company contract, holding investment 60% of the institution of the vulnerable and 40% of the government. 
The Khorramshahr-Shalmaja railway was 17 km long and was completed in 2011. The railway line from Shalmaja to the city of Basra remained 32 kilometers inside Iraqi territory. 
The project of the construction of the railway Shalmge - Basra construction of a skyscraper length of 800 meters, and linking the Iranian railway with[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and the Eastern Mediterranean countries via Khorramshahr - Basra, there will be a significant development in the field of transit and exchange of goods and transport passengers. Ending / 25