In-depth: Iraq's 'Route of Development' is ambitious, but an unstable political and security environment, coupled with widespread corruption, risks undermining the billion-dollar infrastructure project.
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Iraq on Saturday presented an ambitious plan to turn itself into a regional transportation hub by developing its road and rail infrastructure, linking Europe with the Middle East.
Iraq presented this Saturday, May 27, a project to build a road and a railway linking the Gulf to Turkey. The project, valued at $17 billion by the Iraqi government, is still in its infancy. The first shovel of this 1,200-kilometre corridor has not been given. According to Baghdad's wishes, the road and railway will have to be carried out in cooperation with countries in the region: Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Syria, Oman, Jordan, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Saturday presented an ambitious plan to turn itself into a regional transportation hub by developing its road and rail infrastructure, linking Europe with the Middle East. Once completed, the $17 billion project known as the “Route of Development” would span the length of the country, stretching 1,200 km from the northern border with Turkiye to the Gulf in the