Tehran, YJC. On Wednesday, Iran and Iraq inked an MoU on facilitating transport cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
The agreement was inked between the Iranian Minister of
Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi and Iraqi Minister of Transportation
Baqir Jabr al-Zubeidi, reports said.
According to the agreement, Iran and Iraq have agreed to boost
their cooperation on different areas of transport, including airlines, railway
networks and maritime transportation.
The 2 sides have also agreed on executive measures to
prepare the bordering Arvand River as a necessary requirement act to make it
possible for big vessels to ferry along the waterway.
Another section of the agreement was about the 2 countries’
cooperation on constructing a 37-kilometer railway between Shalamcheh, city in
western Iran, and the Iraqi major city of Basra, which is expected to much help
the travel of people as well as ferry shipment between the two neighboring
countries.
The railway is said to require a 700-meter suspension bridge
which is to be constructed over Arvand River.
Meanwhile, another railway is going to be constructed which
joins the Iranian Kermanshah-Khosravi railway the eastern parts of Iraq.