Basra proposes the establishment of a new border port north of the province with Iran


2016/08/24 17:08


Long-Presse / Basra

I suggest council in Basra on Wednesday, the opening of a new border port with Iran, north of the governorate (590 km south of Baghdad), calling to be allocated to transport large payloads and is implemented through investment if sufficient funds are not available to the residence.

The head of the provincial council in Basra, morning Albzona, in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The Council formed a committee to prepare for the establishment of a third border port with Iran in the hand of Imam-based study (holes previously), north of the province, as well as the perpetrators of Shalamcheh with Iran, and Safwan with Kuwait, "noting that" the new port could contribute to ease the crowdedness in Shalamcheh port and secure the added revenue for the country. "

For his part, member of the provincial council in Basra, cream acanthosis, in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The proposed port will be allocated to transport large payloads between Iraq and Iran," expected to "be there free zone in place in the event of implementation of the port."

He acanthosis, that "the new port can be implemented in investing in the event of non-availability of sufficient funds to his residence by virtue of its importance and its economic feasibility."

The Committee of Planning and Follow-up in the Basra Governorate Council, called in (the fifth of August 2016 ongoing), to the rehabilitation of border crossings as "an important economic resource," While the opening of a new port in the province criticized in light of the problems of the current ports, stressed the need address administrative and logistical problems and overlapping powers in it.



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