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Date: Monday, 05/12/2011 16:59
Baghdad: Ahmed Naseer with the first Convention on the Gulf Iraq to invest in its channel dry link between ports, the Gulf and the heart of Europe (land), count and Iraqi Transport Minister, former Amir Abdul-Jabbar Ismael, said the start of the transformation of all goods other Gulf states toward Iraq as an alternative is better for the Suez Canal and sea routes other. a spokesman for the Ministry of Transport Abdul Karim Zuhairi said the "citizen" that his ministry was represented by State Company for Land Transport signed an agreement with one of the biggest UAE companies (IL Transport) on the activation of the transit across Iraq and interoperability.
He Zuhairi said the agreement provided for the transfer to Iraq the first phase and then expand the work to include truck traffic (transit) across Iraq from the southern ports to neighboring countries, as well as the agreement was reached on the passage of 60 100 trucks per day, as well as providing logistical support through the joint operation of a plot of land owned by land transport in the province of Basra, near the Iraqi ports and make it a garage conveniently includes all services needed by the driver and the truck.
The length of the land route from the ports of Iraq in the far south to the point of entry into Turkish territory through the city of Dohuk, 1014 How many meters, and in the case of using trains to transport goods Vistgriq that only a few hours " .
UAE's ambassador in Baghdad, Abdullah al-Shehhi had previously announced "that the volume of trade exchange between Iraq and the UAE amounted to five billion dollars during the past year, stressing the existence of efforts to increase bilateral trade to ten billion dollars annually in the coming years. He Shehhi that " economic cooperation between the two countries, despite being good, only that it is not the level of ambition, "asserting that" his country is seeking to increase the volume to suit the trade and investment opportunities available in the UAE and Iraq. "
Iraqi Transport Minister, former Amir Abdul-Jabbar Ismail said the "citizen" And on the recent agreement that "any country need to exploit all available to him from the ports, whether air, sea and flooded all the exploited land ports for other benefits, including customs tariffs and fees for transit, not to mention the return transport.
With regard to the possibility of extending the Convention to link the United Arab Emirates Europe across the railway line or what is known as the channel (dry) and planned by Iraq to link the Gulf Europe via rail Ismail said the Iraqi government to begin now to road transport because it is less a threat to Iraq's economy should think again and again before giving any link Skki of the State in Gulf unless accompanied by agreements parallel to the transport of goods Gulf ports, Iraq, and here we are transported to Europe by land or across the channel dry. "
The Minister of Transportation that the State of Kuwait, and yet refuse entry to any truck ground an Iraqi territory, while we receive every day at least 1,500 trucks a Kuwaiti We do not know the reasons for the asymmetry likewise, or at least set up the exchange of shipments to create jobs for the fleet of local transport, which suffers unemployment, but the worst Most oil companies contracted with Iraq's movement of goods through the ports of Kuwait. "
Revealed Ismail said the dry channel of Iraq is one of the cheapest and the shortest and the security roads to transport goods from the east of the world to west and vice versa, and our exploitation of this matter, and I have already indicated that Iran and Kuwait Istqtlan for linking Skki channel, and the Iraqi government gave it to Iran without any gain was exploited politically and economically. "
He explained that our channel is the alternative to Suez Canal, which is the only channel for the transfer of goods, but our channel abridged Aalzimn and reduce costs and reduce the risk of the road and piracy, such as the United Arab Emirates movement of goods to Europe via the Red Sea takes more than 35 days, while over Iraq requires the transfer of only a week from Basra to the heart of Europe and not the ports of Europe . "
And had previously visited the Minister of Foreign Trade of the UAE Sheikha Lubna girl Khalid Al Qasimi, last May the Kurdistan region of Iraq, at the head of the delegation of trade and investment of 40 people representing various economic activities for the investment opportunities in the region. also saw the Baghdad International Airport, on the thirteenth of the past month, falling aircraft, Emirates Airline and on board the delegation headed by His Highness Sheikh Juma Al Maktoum and his accompanying delegation, declaring with the Iraqi side of the opening of the line air carrier between the two countries, after the interruption experienced by this line lasted for decades.
The relations between the UAE and Iraq have evolved greatly, especially after the decision United Arab Emirates in 2008 off the debt on Baghdad and the amount of seven billion dollars to restore relations at a high level, which is reflected in the development of economic and political relations between the two countries.
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Date: Monday, 05/12/2011 16:59
Baghdad: Ahmed Naseer with the first Convention on the Gulf Iraq to invest in its channel dry link between ports, the Gulf and the heart of Europe (land), count and Iraqi Transport Minister, former Amir Abdul-Jabbar Ismael, said the start of the transformation of all goods other Gulf states toward Iraq as an alternative is better for the Suez Canal and sea routes other. a spokesman for the Ministry of Transport Abdul Karim Zuhairi said the "citizen" that his ministry was represented by State Company for Land Transport signed an agreement with one of the biggest UAE companies (IL Transport) on the activation of the transit across Iraq and interoperability.
He Zuhairi said the agreement provided for the transfer to Iraq the first phase and then expand the work to include truck traffic (transit) across Iraq from the southern ports to neighboring countries, as well as the agreement was reached on the passage of 60 100 trucks per day, as well as providing logistical support through the joint operation of a plot of land owned by land transport in the province of Basra, near the Iraqi ports and make it a garage conveniently includes all services needed by the driver and the truck.
The length of the land route from the ports of Iraq in the far south to the point of entry into Turkish territory through the city of Dohuk, 1014 How many meters, and in the case of using trains to transport goods Vistgriq that only a few hours " .
UAE's ambassador in Baghdad, Abdullah al-Shehhi had previously announced "that the volume of trade exchange between Iraq and the UAE amounted to five billion dollars during the past year, stressing the existence of efforts to increase bilateral trade to ten billion dollars annually in the coming years. He Shehhi that " economic cooperation between the two countries, despite being good, only that it is not the level of ambition, "asserting that" his country is seeking to increase the volume to suit the trade and investment opportunities available in the UAE and Iraq. "
Iraqi Transport Minister, former Amir Abdul-Jabbar Ismail said the "citizen" And on the recent agreement that "any country need to exploit all available to him from the ports, whether air, sea and flooded all the exploited land ports for other benefits, including customs tariffs and fees for transit, not to mention the return transport.
With regard to the possibility of extending the Convention to link the United Arab Emirates Europe across the railway line or what is known as the channel (dry) and planned by Iraq to link the Gulf Europe via rail Ismail said the Iraqi government to begin now to road transport because it is less a threat to Iraq's economy should think again and again before giving any link Skki of the State in Gulf unless accompanied by agreements parallel to the transport of goods Gulf ports, Iraq, and here we are transported to Europe by land or across the channel dry. "
The Minister of Transportation that the State of Kuwait, and yet refuse entry to any truck ground an Iraqi territory, while we receive every day at least 1,500 trucks a Kuwaiti We do not know the reasons for the asymmetry likewise, or at least set up the exchange of shipments to create jobs for the fleet of local transport, which suffers unemployment, but the worst Most oil companies contracted with Iraq's movement of goods through the ports of Kuwait. "
Revealed Ismail said the dry channel of Iraq is one of the cheapest and the shortest and the security roads to transport goods from the east of the world to west and vice versa, and our exploitation of this matter, and I have already indicated that Iran and Kuwait Istqtlan for linking Skki channel, and the Iraqi government gave it to Iran without any gain was exploited politically and economically. "
He explained that our channel is the alternative to Suez Canal, which is the only channel for the transfer of goods, but our channel abridged Aalzimn and reduce costs and reduce the risk of the road and piracy, such as the United Arab Emirates movement of goods to Europe via the Red Sea takes more than 35 days, while over Iraq requires the transfer of only a week from Basra to the heart of Europe and not the ports of Europe . "
And had previously visited the Minister of Foreign Trade of the UAE Sheikha Lubna girl Khalid Al Qasimi, last May the Kurdistan region of Iraq, at the head of the delegation of trade and investment of 40 people representing various economic activities for the investment opportunities in the region. also saw the Baghdad International Airport, on the thirteenth of the past month, falling aircraft, Emirates Airline and on board the delegation headed by His Highness Sheikh Juma Al Maktoum and his accompanying delegation, declaring with the Iraqi side of the opening of the line air carrier between the two countries, after the interruption experienced by this line lasted for decades.
The relations between the UAE and Iraq have evolved greatly, especially after the decision United Arab Emirates in 2008 off the debt on Baghdad and the amount of seven billion dollars to restore relations at a high level, which is reflected in the development of economic and political relations between the two countries.
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