Transportation is going to foreign investment in the rehabilitation and construction of airports



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Said the media spokesman on behalf of the Ministry of Transport Salim Musa that attracting foreign companies invested an important objective of the ministry for the purpose of real disappearance of investments in aviation and these within the strategy of the Ministry and in conjunction with the local side as the field of investment does not require large sums of money because we are in austerity crisis and the entry of those companies Is the entry of hard currency and then be a big advantage.

Moussa said in a statement to the "Journal News", Saturday, that the Ministry of Transport is pursuing a strategy to attract the largest number of foreign companies, working in the field of air and rehabilitation of airports and the construction of new terraces, which leads to the rehabilitation of the largest number of airports, Each province, which entails the introduction of financial revenues from the hard to the federal budget and these airports, which reduce unemployment and non-working hands and young people in the real work to break the so-called disguised unemployment and raise the poverty line is gradually increasing.

He added that the ministry is seeking to open practical channels to introduce young people within the production to alleviate the crisis of poverty and unemployment rampant and absorb the number of unemployed graduates and take advantage of their energies and open areas of work and opportunities with these foreign companies to invest in airports, pointing out that the ministry distributed housing areas up to five Thousands of plots of land for the beneficiaries, which will be built and provided jobs for the unemployed in the construction and electricity

Moussa said: The investment laws are in force, and the amendment or enactment of laws is not part of the work of the ministry because it is within the work of the parliament and the legislative authority through the specialized committees and therefore the ministry applies the laws issued by the Council of Ministers, and here there is actually a defect in some parts of the law Investment needs to be adjusted.

He added: Foreign aircraft flying over the local atmosphere pass the two routes are the north and south of Iraq and these two lines get the General Company for Civil Aviation approximately 350 dollars per plane that passes through the Iraqi airspace about 150 aircraft a day with the beginning of lifting the embargo and is expected to increase the number, Noting that the ministry has introduced radars new and sophisticated, noting that we opened the doors of investment in front of the Serbian companies, Dutch and French and these have a long history in the work of air navigation.

For his part, the head of the Center for Economic Information Majid Prince in an exclusive interview for the "Journal News", that foreign investment and the economic situation in general is linked to the stability of the political and security situation and this opens the door to investments in front of local airports, noting that the investment law has many weaknesses, The legal guarantees regarding the money and circulation and then there are many fears of the foreign investor regarding the security file and the political scene, and here should be reviewed the investment law.

"The attraction of foreign investment opens the doors to the unemployed hands of young people and those who are competent to work and reduce the poverty rates that spread among the classes of society, especially the graduates, and thus run the community economy.

He continued: The opening of the Iraqi airspace in front of the foreign aircraft movement indicates positive points of improvement of the security situation and political stability and therefore they provide service funds on the grounds that foreign companies cooperating with the lines and airspace Iraqi transit through one of the points to move the national economy, noting that the lifting of the embargo means that Iraq And a good indicator of cooperation with the air authorities with the countries of the world.

The Ministry of Transport has discussed the possibility of upgrading the runway of Baghdad International Airport by a Portuguese company.

A press statement said that the technical agent of the Ministry of Transport Abbas Omran met with the representative of the Portuguese senor Amal bin Hamza to discuss the maintenance and development of the runway of Baghdad International Airport.

The technical agent said that the ministry is seeking to open new horizons for cooperation and investment with foreign companies, especially in the field of joint operation and intensify the work on the construction of depressions at Baghdad International Airport.

He added that the Portuguese company will take a future tour to see the facilities of Baghdad International Airport, especially the runway, indicating that it will advise the ministry as well as investment offers on the development of the airport to improve the services provided to passengers.

It is noteworthy that the Minister of Transport, Kazem Vajan al-Yamami, announced on the sidelines of the Iraqi Airports Forum, the intention of his ministry to establish an airport in each Iraqi province as well as a water airport in the Dokan lake of Sulaymaniyah in a scene that suggests that all provinces to catch up with air transport.

The race between cities and airports comes at a time when the Ministry of Transport has only 35 aircraft nationwide, while it has signed a contract with Boeing to purchase 45 aircraft, a number that is not commensurate with the number of airports to be urgently established by local governments, according to specialists.

For his part, the director of Iraqi Airways, Samer Kubba, said in a press statement, the presence of 31 aircraft working in fact and continuous service with the lines, while Iraq needs over the next two years to more than 20 new aircraft.

The Ministry of Transport spokesman Laith al-Rubaie said that the ministry has resorted to reducing the number of flights of internal and external air fleet, as well as leasing planes to meet the shortage despite the high cost, in addition to the temporary closure of airports in cities and the adjustment of some to accommodate new purposes such as storage, Other.

In the opinion of the ministry and specialists, the most effective solution is to encourage other airlines to come to Iraq, by persuading them to increase the number of flights to this country, especially religious, and then will be able to invest airports and cities, making them financially profitable.

Deputies also said that the reason for the sudden increase in the number of airports in this remarkable form is due to electoral propaganda, as projects are plagued by corruption and aimed at raising money, according to a member of the Committee of Parliamentary Services Gomaa Diwan. While others said that the large number of airports, not useful in light of the possession of Iraq a few aircraft in addition to the absence of international airlines from the country, even Baghdad International Airport receives only the aircraft of a limited number of countries.

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