Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani chaired the regular meeting of the Higher Committee for the Development Road Project on Sunday, attended by the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Construction, Housing, Municipalities, and Public Works, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, the Chairman of the National Investment Commission, and various officials from the Ministries of Planning, Oil, Electricity, and Communications, along with the Prime Minister’s advisors.
The Media Office of the Prime Minister reported that the meeting reviewed progress at Al-Faw Grand Port, with the Minister of Transportation presenting updates based on previous resolutions.
Discussions also addressed expropriation issues and conflicts with the Ministries of Oil and Electricity, among other ministries and provinces.
A joint committee was approved, comprising members from the Ministry of Transportation’s State Company for Railways, the Ministry of Finance’s State Real Estate Directorate, the Ministry of Water Resources’ General Authority for Survey, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agricultural Lands Directorate, and the Ministry of Construction and Housing’s General Directorate of Municipalities and Directorate of Roads and Bridges.
This committee is tasked with preparing cadastral maps of lands along the project’s paths, determining ownership and legal status, and working on expropriations for the Ministry of Transportation according to existing laws or new regulations as needed.
The meeting also reviewed the legal framework for managing the Development Road Project and Al-Faw Grand Port, considering similar regional and global experiences.
Additionally, the vision for energy transmission within the project and the diplomatic aspects, including explaining the project’s dimensions to friendly countries and those interested in participating or investing, were discussed.
Prime Minister Al-Sudani directed the fulfillment of requirements for the ministerial meeting of the quadripartite committee formed under the memorandum of understanding signed between Iraq, Türkiye, Qatar, and the UAE.
