Syria, Saudi Arabia Discuss Transport Cooperation, Railway Link
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Syria, Saudi Arabia discuss transport cooperation, railway link
Damascus, June 15 (SANA) Syrian Transport Minister Yarub Badr met with Syria’s charge d’affaires to Saudi Arabia, Mohsen Mahbash, to discuss mechanisms for following up on joint files with Saudi Arabia’s General Transport Authority to support infrastructure projects and develop Syria’s transport system, the ministry said Monday. The meeting, held at the ministry’s headquarters in Damascus, addressed ways to benefit from Saudi Arabia‘s advance…
Last week, Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to build a railway line that should connect the two countries through Syria and Jordan. In the future, the work is expected to be extended to include Oman: the objective, reported the Times of Israel, is to create a land-based trade route that allows to bypass Hormuz.Continue reading
With the closure of the Strait of Hormus, Iran is strangling trade in the Middle East. The Turkish government now gives a high priority to restocking the historic railway line between Saudi Arabia and Europe. Goods such as oil and natural gas could then be transported by land.
Türkiye and Saudi Arabia sign up to international rail link bypassing Hormuz and Israel
A new rail route connecting Türkiye and Saudi Arabia is now a step closer to reality, after the signing of an historic agreement between the two countries. The train line would pass through Syria and Jordan, and authorities envisage an Oman extension that would provide an overland alternative to trade and shipping via the troubled Strait of Hormuz. The new connection is being touted by some as a renaissance for the Hejaz railway, a narrow-gauge …
Turkey and Saudi Arabia want to build a railway link connecting the two countries via Jordan and Syria in the next 3-4 years, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said. The project would allow the transport of goods, oil, natural gas and passengers between the Gulf, Turkey and Europe. Turkey and Saudi Arabia want to build a railway link connecting the two countries via Jordan and Syria in the next 3-4 years, accordin…
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