Baghdad: Trkiye, Iraq, the UAE, and Qatar on Thursday held a quadruple ministerial meeting on the Development Road Project in Baghdad. The meeting was attended by Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Iraqi Transport Minister Razzaq Muhaybis al-Saadawi, UAE’s Energy and Infrastructure Minister Suhail bin Faris Al Mazrouei, and Qatari Transport and Communications Minister Jassim Saif Al Sulaiti.
According to Anadolu Agency, the closed-door meeting took place in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. On April 22, under the auspices of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, a four-party memorandum of understanding was signed in Iraq for cooperation on the project between Baghdad, Ankara, Doha, and Abu Dhabi.
The Development Road is a significant trade route project linking Iraq and Trkiye with railways, roads, ports, and cities. The 745-mile (1,200-kilometer) railway and highways will connect the Great Faw Port, which is aimed to be the largest
port in the Middle East.