Minister of Communications: The Arab Gulf countries and large international companies want to pass their cables through Iraq to reach Europe

Baghdad / NINA / -Minister of Communications, Hiyam Al-Yasiri, confirmed that “all the Arab Gulf countries and large international companies want to pass their capacity through Iraq to reach Europe, via Turkey or Jordan.”

 She said in a statement that transit and submarine cables are important strategic projects in Iraq.

 She added that the importance of these projects is no less than the fourth national mobile phone license project, noting that Iraq is distinguished by an important strategic location linking the east to the west and the north to the south.

 She explained that "Iraq will be the international corridor competing with the Suez Canal in light of the current conditions in the Red Sea region and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and it is the best in the region because it is the safest, the shortest distance, and the least expensive, instead of the passage of cables in the seas and oceans and the difficulty of maintaining them and their high costs."

 She continued, "Since we assumed responsibility, we have succeeded in operating two submarine cable projects and a transit project (the Civilizations Road), which has entered the commercial operation stage after it had been slow and faltering. We also noticed great interest from countries in the region and international companies in the Iraqi corridor during our attendance at the Dubai Telecommunications Capacity Conference."/  End