Baghdad / Nina / Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee Atwan Al-Atwani discussed with the World Bank delegation headed by Jean-Christophe Carre, Regional Director for the Middle East, on Wednesday, supporting the project of rehabilitating railways and connecting railways from southern Iraq, passing through the north to Turkey, as part of the Development Road project.
A statement from the committee said: “Al-Atwani stressed during the meeting that the infrastructure of the development path will be in the hands of the government so that this important project that connects Iraq with the countries of the world is not subject to influences, and that the development road project is not just a crossing point, but we seek to be a gateway to activate various economic and commercial activities and develop infrastructure.”
Al-Atwani called on the World Bank delegation to “provide new narrations and ideas on achieving the optimal investment of this huge project, which is hoped to make Iraq an economic corridor linking Asia with Europe,” stressing the “need to accelerate the submission of the feasibility study related to the railway sector development plan within the development road project, and contribute to mobilizing international expertise and attracting the private sector to invest in it in the interest of the country, and looking forward to holding joint workshops and expanded meetings with the World Bank, to provide a full briefing on the details of the project and discuss its details to provide broad nemential support for this borrowing.”
For his part, the delegation stressed the readiness of the World Bank team to submit a feasibility study, project path and details by next February.
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