Minister of Transport: Activating the land and air transit operations in Iraq

Mubasher: The Iraqi Minister of Transport, Nasser Hussein Bandar Al-Shibli, held an expanded meeting today, Tuesday, with the aim of activating transit transport operations in the country, in the presence of the Director General of Border Ports, Omar Al-Waeli, and representatives of the Ministry of Trade, Customs Department and Joint Operations Command, in the presence of the Technical Agent The Ministry has Talib Baish, Director General of the Technical Department, Director General of the General Company for Land Transport and Director General of Iraqi Airways.


The minister said, in a statement to the ministry, that it was decided to activate the transit transport operations that pass through Iraqi airspace as well as the Iraqi mainland, which is open to many countries, because these operations represent an important source to provide funds and increase revenues in the interest of the Iraqi citizen. And in line with the government direction that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi committed to, to maximize the state's resources, and in the interest of exploiting the important geographical location of Iraq, which is an important link for many countries.

The meeting resulted in the formation of joint working committees to lay the foundations and controls that will be the basis for the work of these committees, which will submit their final reviews on Wednesday, November 11, 2020.

At the end of the meeting, the minister promised the committee to remove all obstacles that might hinder the work of the working committees.