Iraqi-Saudi coordination to activate maritime transport and automate the Arar port

[size=52]Iraqi-Saudi coordination to activate maritime transport and automate the Arar port[/size]

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[size=45]The Minister of Transport, Nasser Hussein Bandar Al-Shibli, discussed during the meeting of the Transport Committee, Border Ports and Ports, within the work of the Iraqi-Saudi Coordinating Council, the work mechanism for the opening of the ports of Arar and New Arar for the passage of trucks and cars, after Iraq received the project from the Saudi side with its facilities and equipment. Al-Shibli confirmed in a statement to the ministry yesterday that (by following up with the Border Ports Authority to implement the automation of customs procedures in order to unify the customs tariff in all Iraqi ports, coordination has been made with the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers regarding the customs cooperation memorandum between the two countries in preparation for its entry into force). For his part, the Saudi side affirmed (the Kingdom's readiness to discuss the electronic linking process for the new and Arar ports when the completion of the customs procedures at the port to be ready for the linking process with the automatic system of the Saudi customs), pointing out (agreement to form a technical team from the General Company for Maritime Transport, the General Company for Iraqi Ports and the Authority The General Ports Authority and the Saudi Public Transport Authority to activate maritime transport between the ports of Umm Qasr and Saudi ports for passengers and goods). Al-Shibli also chaired the meeting of the Committee on Transport, Border Crossings and Iraqi, Jordanian, Egyptian Ports. The statement stated that (the meeting discussed a mechanism for transferring and changing the location of the trade exchange yard from the Jordanian side to Iraq because the importer is Iraq and to eliminate suspicions of corruption and legal violations, according to Law No. 24 in 1984, which provides for the abolition of the square from the Jordanian side), and added that (the meeting was attended by Each of the Director General of Designs on behalf of the Minister of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, Directors of Border Crossings and the Legal Department, the General Authority for Customs and the implementation of transport and air transport projects at the Civil Aviation Authority). And the official of external relations at Iraqi Airways, Hussein Jalil, warned of the dangers that pilots may be exposed to as a result of the misuse of lasers. Jalil said in a statement yesterday that (the laser beams used by some citizens and associates affect the eyes of the pilots, especially during the landing of planes at Baghdad International Airport), and added that (the pilots of the airlines informed the air traffic control of these individual actions that their users do not understand the risks entailed), and he continued (The air traffic control, in turn, informed the relevant security authorities to take legal measures and security measures in this regard), calling on the relevant authorities to (address this problem and prevent actions that threaten aviation safety at Iraqi civil airports). The Ministry also announced that it will follow up the stages of work progress in the Fao Grand Port projects.[/size]
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