Spain confirms cooperation with Iraq to establish Basra-Sharm El-Sheikh railway line

Baghdad - INA

Spain confirmed, today, Thursday, its strong support for Iraq's strong return to the World Trade Organization and its efforts to do so, while indicating that cooperation with Iraq is not limited to railways, but in other fields and there are joint projects.

Director General of International Trade and Investment in the Kingdom of Spain, Elisa Varela, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "There are very good companies in the field of railways, and we are cooperating with Iraq to extend the railway from Basra to Sharm El-Sheikh," noting that "we have a company working on connecting the railway between Najaf and Karbala, and we also have a company working in China that will carry out railway projects in other areas of Iraq in the near future."

She explained that "some of these projects are proposals, and there are signed agreements and cooperation in other areas, including facilitating transportation operations within Iraqi cities and facilitating the traffic situation in a good way so that it runs very smoothly."

She explained that "there are agreements to train Iraqis and sign other agreements that facilitate this aspect," noting that "we strongly support and promote Iraq's return to the World Trade Organization and we seek to do so."