Political and parliamentary welcome to the openness of neighboring countries to Iraq


Baghdad / Muhannad Abdul Wahab
The regional calls expressed in recent days by regional and global neighbors have been greeted by a wider political welcome with more political and economic openness with Iraq.
He called on politicians and members of the House of Representatives to support the government in the implementation of its program to open up to all countries of the region and the world to strengthen the status of Iraq's economic and international, stressing that the reopening of the Trebil crossing gives an important message to defeat the "da'ash" terrorist, stressing the importance of this openness, which will save millions of jobs For Iraqi youth. It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Haider Abadi recently received the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Affairs of Jordanians Ayman Safadi, Abadi stressed Iraq's keenness to develop cooperation with the Kingdom in various fields, praising the close cooperation in the face of various challenges, for his part Safadi said, Iraqis in the war on terror, which is a common enemy must unite all efforts to defeat. "
Abadi and Safadi discussed the mechanisms of enhancing bilateral cooperation in the economic and trade fields in addition to the situation in the region. The two sides stressed the interest of the two countries and their determination to reopen the Baghdad-Amman road and Al-Trebil crossing. Abadi stressed that "Iraq is taking the necessary steps and procedures to reopen the road and the crossing. As soon as possible and to ensure the safety of transport. "The talks dealt with the implementation of agreements and memorandums that took place during the meetings of the Joint Committee in Baghdad in March, especially the exclusion of Jordanian goods from the customs tariff and the opening of the border crossing It was on Wednesday.

Important step
A member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Abbas al-Bayati: "The economic agreements concluded by Iraq with neighboring countries are of great importance at various levels of economic and security, including the agreement to open the port of Trebil with the sisterly Jordan, as it is an important step because it is a border point and an outlet for passengers between the two countries "He said.
Al-Bayati said in his speech to "morning" that "the opening of the port will strengthen economic relations and ease the pressure on the other border crossings," noting that "Iraq seeks to strengthen its economic position among the countries of the region so it works to conclude a series of agreements with neighboring countries, "Jordan is a transit point for Iraq through the Gulf of Aqaba and vice versa, so the implementation of this agreement shows that the security situation is very well prepared by the control of Iraqi and Jordanian forces on the roads."
Al-Bayati added that "these political successes came only through the efforts of the policy of calm, balance, openness and networking of the economic interests of the Prime Minister, as it began to succeed and give full effect."
*He pointed out that "the policy of openness has yielded important fruits with Saudi Arabia through the opening of the port of Arar and Gemima, and therefore all the ports of the Iraqi land border open, which enhances trade and economic exchange," pointing out that "political successes and open the port of Trebil; The Iraqi army and its supporting forces have achieved popular mobilization and the federal police, and another evidence of the defeat of the "da'ash" terrorist, as the terrorist gang does not control these outlets.
Jobs
"The agreements concluded by Iraq with Jordan and the neighboring countries are a good sign of defeating terrorism and urging the region to enter a new era of openness, trade and regional partnership with Iraq," Jawad al-Bolani said.
"This opening is part of the success of the efforts of Iraq and the international coalition that supported Iraq in its war against the" terrorist ", he added, referring to" the need for continued Iraqi economic openness to the countries of the region, "calling" all The Iraqi political forces to support the direction of the Iraqi government to open up to all countries of the region and the world, and build good relations with countries and the establishment of neighborly friendship agreements based on mutual benefit, and on the basis of the development of industry and trade in Iraq and technology transfer to provide millions of jobs through this openness.
"Iraq needs millions of job opportunities to compensate for previous years, and because the government can not provide these opportunities, so will provide this openness to the countries of the region, which requires the government to develop a special program to accommodate the process of opening up to neighboring countries "Pointing out that" the Economic Committee works with a group of civil and economic activists and international organizations, and with private sector institutions of Iraq, which is interested in the government to make it an important partner on the grounds that the national capital of the private sector and mixed responsibility to play an important role in this important stage of the history a Iraq, as Iraq is ahead of the opening of an important economic benefit to all parts of the country and all fields. "
*He explained that "the Economic Committee supports and encourages the opening of the point of Jamila and the Arar crossing with Saudi Arabia through the points of exchange Najaf and Samawah," noting that "the victories achieved by our valiant forces on," urging "gave a message of reassurance and touched by the peoples of the region the importance of Iraq to be stable security and political and economic , Which will be reflected on the whole region, so we are in the parliamentary economic committee we support openness significantly. "

Economic benefits
"The reopening of the Trebil border port between Iraq and Jordan will boost the economy of the Middle East and the regional region," said Rahim Shalal, a political analyst. "The war against extremist and terrorist gangs has closed three main ports linking Syria and Jordan to Iraq. Goods and trade and economic exchange of imports and exports, between the countries of Europe and Asia and Africa with the countries of the region, especially Iran and the Gulf countries.
"The economic benefit of opening up with Jordan lies in the operation of factories, farms and labor, increasing the income of the state and the individual, activating the Jordanian port of Aqaba and the Iraqi ports of Basra, and reducing the time, effort and material cost in the case of the behavior of any land or sea port or the use of air transport, "The areas along the 2,000 kmē land road are revived, gas stations, restrooms, restaurants, cafes and car maintenance services are up and goods are brought in shortest time to the liberated Iraqi provinces that need reconstruction." The border security requirement and the monitoring of the road and its ramifications remain in place so that we can successfully re-open the road and the joint border port with Jordan. "

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