Prime Minister: We adhered to the goal of completing the Greater Faw as the gateway to greater Iraq, 10 NOV

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani sponsored, today, Thursday, the ceremony of receiving the five berths of the Grand Faw Port in Basra Governorate, and their entry into actual operation, after they were completed by the implementing Korean company.

Al-Sudani stressed in a statement issued by his media office that the five docks represent the backbone of the Faw Port, while pointing out that the development road will be an artery linking most of the countries in the region.

He explained that “this project has actually entered into the knots and paths of global trade and transport routes, which pass through the Middle East region, which has great strategic importance for global trade. It is considered the most prominent water basin in the world, where energy, trade, communication and exchange activities are concentrated in all their forms. It will also contribute to transforming Iraq from a country in need of other people’s ports, into a maritime country with a complete view of the Gulf.”

He added that “development and economic transformation are an integrated approach that meets the country’s needs and the vital economic levers it lacks for Iraq to connect with international trade,” noting that “Iraq was and still is a fundamental pillar in the global economy and a historical part and passage of the most important international exchange routes,” noting that “the development path will link, starting from the Grand Faw Port, the economies of most countries in the region and will be an outlet for achieving economic integration.”

He added that "the Council of Ministers supported the Ministry of Transport's procedures to rehabilitate railways on the development road tracks, or those that serve the road within a plan connected in its links," indicating that "new railway projects were included in the investment plan and financial allocations were allocated for them."

He said, “We adhered to the goal of completing the project, as it is a gateway to Iraq’s largest project, the path to development, and the main nerve in the government’s vision to maximize non-oil revenues, along with the industrial cities that will be established alongside the two projects.”

Al-Sudani added, “The General Company for Iraqi Ports has made significant progress in drawing up the correct policy for managing the Grand Faw Port, in addition to introducing major operators in the world, and the most appropriate and attractive economic model for trade exchange will be chosen.” link