Deputy: The development road project attracts the interest of 45 countries
Deputy: The development road project attracts the interest of 45 countries
10-20-2023
Information / Baghdad
Representative Baqir Al-Saadi confirmed on Friday that the development road project has attracted the interest of 45 countries so far.
Al-Saadi said in an interview with Al-Maalouma, “The Development Road Project continues to enjoy increasing international interaction day after day, especially since all studies indicate its success from an economic standpoint, and it will develop in five important directions in the field of changing the path of international transport from Southeast Asia.” Towards Europe.
He added that “45 countries are interested in the development road project, and some of them have officially announced their intention to invest directly through the implementation of projects in the first phase,” noting that “the investments in this project will lead to the establishment of 10 new cities on the road’s path from Basra to the border with Turkey.”
He pointed out that “the project will represent the beginning of changing the face of the entire region in terms of economic activity and the development of land routes that annually transport goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars.”
The government had launched the development road project several months ago, as part of efforts to diversify Iraq’s economy and capitalize on its geographical location on the international transport map.
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