Deputy: 45 countries expressed their desire to cooperate with Iraq in the way of development, 21 OCT

 Deputy: 45 countries expressed their desire to cooperate with Iraq in the way of development

Baghdad - Iraq Today:

MP Baqir al-Saadi said Friday that the development road project has attracted the interest of 45 countries so far.

Al-Saadi said in a press interview that "the development road project is still enjoying increasing international interaction day by day, especially since all studies indicate its success in economic terms, and will develop in 5 important directions in the field of changing the route 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 of this project will lead to the establishment of 10 new cities on the route from Basra to the border with Turkey."

"The project will mark the beginning of changing the face of the entire region in terms of economic activity and the development of land routes that annually transport hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods," he said.