Türkiye targets 2026 start for Development Road
Türkiye aims to begin work this year on the Development Road, a planned transport corridor linking Iraq’s Grand Faw Port with Türkiye and Europe, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has said.
Uraloğlu also rejected suggestions that a brief delay during a July 28 signing ceremony reflected disagreement between Ankara and Baghdad.
He said a technical detail was identified minutes before the ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, prompting Iraq’s transport minister to ask that it be corrected before the documents were signed.
“There was never any difference of opinion,” Uraloğlu told reporters in Ankara.
