The government: The "development path" dates back to the royal era... and its implementation began i

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[size=52]The government: The "development path" dates back to the royal era... and its implementation began in April[/size]

[size=45]The Iraqi government confirmed that the development road project dates back to the royal era, pointing out that its implementation will start in April of next year, and talked about signals it had received from the Gulf countries to convert its second phase into an energy corridor.[/size]
[size=45]"The geographical location of Iraq only qualifies it to be a corridor state," said government spokesman Basem Al-Awadi, in a televised interview followed by Al-Mada.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi added, "The origin of the idea of ​​the development path is not recent, but rather dates back to the beginnings of the formation of the modern Iraqi state."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The idea of ​​linking Iraq with a land or rail corridor towards Turkey, documents confirm that it has been on the table since 1937."[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Awadi said, "The idea was renewed twice, the first in 1959 and the second in 1970, but the compelling political circumstances, military coups, and poor technology at the time did not help Iraq implement this giant idea."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed, "The government of Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani believes that the time has come to implement this project," pointing out that "the increase in Iraq's population, which reaches one million or one million and 200 thousand people, encouraged the proceeding with the project."[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Awadi continues, "Iraq is still in the initial design stage after laying the tracks, as it was announced at the end of last month."[/size]
[size=45]And he talked about "an Iraqi ambition that there will be international, regional and Arab participation in the implementation of the project through tenders, with the hope that major companies will participate."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi stressed that "installing a modern railway is more difficult than establishing a land road, so it needs international expertise, and it is present as long as the capital is present as well."[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "The completion rate will be within five years, starting next year, and we hope that it will be in next April until it ends at the end of 2028."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi added, "The Iraqi government is looking forward to the initial operation of this line in early 2029."[/size]
[size=45]And he does not see, “There are very great difficulties because we do not want great technology, but rather a furnished road and a furnished railway with a length of 1,200 km.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi promised that "the time limit set for the project is sufficient to complete it," explaining that "talking about suspicions of corruption is a hypothetical matter, and will not constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the project because Iraq has many projects that have been completed."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The government will follow up on a daily basis the implementation of this project, in implementation of its platform, which stipulates confronting corruption."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi stressed that "the development road is not only a road or a railway, but rather that this is the first stage, but a step towards the success of the Al-Faw port project, which has a capacity of 3.5 million containers annually and needs railways and roads."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "The second stage will be after 2029, when Iraq has signals from some countries in the Gulf that this project will turn into a road that transports energy, and at that time Iraq will turn into a focus of rail and land communication between the countries of the East and West."[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Awadi added, "The current year's budget did not allocate funds for this road, because we are still in the two stages of launching the idea and developing designs."[/size]
[size=45]He noted, to "go to the stage of specialized teams that will descend on the ground and prepare the materials and infrastructure, and then agree with the partners to proceed with it."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi stated, "The communication that the Iraqi government conducted before announcing the project showed that there were no obstacles standing in the way of its implementation. No country objected to it, but on the contrary, we witnessed signs of satisfaction."[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "International institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and organizations affiliated with the United Nations and the European Union are all supportive of the project."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi concluded, “The road is an Iraqi local interest, especially the first phase of it, because the port of Faw needs a network of roads and railways in order for it to work in the right ways, and Iraq is committed to it even if no country participates in it, because we are looking for the national interest that imposes We have to connect all parts of the country to this port.”[/size]
[size=45]Iraq had announced the end of last month in a conference attended by a number of countries to start implementing the path of development.[/size]
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