Prime Minister's Advisor: Al-Faw Port is a cornerstone for making Iraq a link between East and West

Nasser Al-Asadi, advisor to the Prime Minister for Transport Affairs, affirmed that the location of the Faw port gives Iraq a unique opportunity to be a pivotal center for global transport, noting that the project represents the cornerstone for achieving the government’s vision of making Iraq a link between East and West.
Al-Asadi said: “The port of Faw, by virtue of its geographical location, is an important strategic location, capable of being the only link between East and West in a route that extends from the sea to the land, and this is a very great advantage that puts Iraq at the heart of international trade,” indicating that “the introduction of the railway system inside the port of Faw and linking it by land to neighboring countries will make Iraq the main link in the global transport network.”
He explained that "this feature is very rare in the world's ports, as most of them do not have a direct connection to an integrated land transport network, and for this reason, the Faw port will be the biggest incentive and encouragement for Iraq to be the linking part between continents and countries in a unified transport system."
Al-Asadi pointed out that “the strategy developed by the Iraqi government through the Supreme Committee for the Development Road Project, headed by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, was based on this very concept, as the project is not viewed as an internal transport corridor or cooperation between two countries only, but rather as a global connectivity project that aims to connect Asia with Europe and Africa through Iraqi lands through the multimodal transport network included in the Development Road.”
He added, "This vision represents the core of the government's policy to transform Iraq from a transit country to a hub country, and from a consumption area to a production and economic linkage area, thus restoring to Iraq its historical and geographical role as a center for global trade routes."