Iraq, Iran to build bridge on Shatt Al-Arab linking both countries
A bridge in the Iranian city of Ahwaz during a sandstorm. Photo: Tasnim News/AFP
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanaani, announced on Monday Iran’s acceptance of bridge construction on the Shatt Al-Arab River linking it with Iraq.
Kanaani, during his weekly press conference, explained that the Iranian-Iraqi relations are good, and have witnessed many achievements.
“Iran accepted the construction of a bridge on the Shatt al-Arab River between Iran and Iraq,” Kanaani stated.
“The US occupation of Iraq resulted in the killing of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, but Iran, on the contrary, supports Iraq’s security,” Kanaani added.
The Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash, during his meeting last week with the Iraqi Minister of Transport, Razzaq Mohibis Al-Saadawi, announced that the construction work of the Shalamcheh-Basra railway and a bridge between the two countries will begin after the holy month of Ramandan.
Bazrpash added that the lands around the Shatt al-Arab River needed for the construction of the bridge have been allocated.