PM directs to expedite the submission of their vision for the Grand Faw Port projects

Baghdad - INA

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani directed the ministries, today, Thursday, to expedite the submission of their vision for the projects that will be included in the Grand Faw Port.

The Prime Minister's Media Office stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Al-Sudani chaired a meeting dedicated to following up on the progress of the Grand Faw Port project, in the presence of representatives of the Korean company Daewoo, and the Italian company Technital, the project's consultant."

He added that "the Prime Minister was briefed on the details of the progress of work in the main projects in the port, and the conformity of implementation with the planned timeline, in order to complete this strategic project that will achieve a qualitative leap for Iraq, including the projects attached to it."

According to the statement, the Prime Minister directed "the formation of a committee headed by the head of the advisory body in the Prime Minister's Office, the technical advisor to the Prime Minister and his advisor for transportation affairs, the directors of ports and railways, and representatives of the ministries of electricity, defense, trade, construction, housing and municipalities, oil, and industry, to work on presenting the final vision of the institutions that will be included in the Grand Faw Port, within a month, given the relevance of this project to all state institutions, especially the aforementioned ministries."

Al-Sudani pointed out that "the vision must include practical operational paths that contribute to raising the level of investment in this major strategic project, and the positive returns that will be achieved through it, which will be reflected in the Iraqi economy, and its interconnection with the region's economy and its development."