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Turkey-Iraq infrastructure and energy cooperation

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Turkey and Iraq are advancing bilateral cooperation through large-scale infrastructure and energy projects, specifically centered on the Development Road Project. This initiative aims to connect the Persian Gulf to Europe via Iraq and Turkey. Initial developments focused on transport and infrastructure, with Turkey reporting significant long-term investments and a consensus with Iraq on a financing mechanism that utilizes Iraq’s natural resource values. Subsequent discussions expanded to include energy security and the integration of oil, gas, and electricity transmission lines. Recent high-level meetings between Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar and Iraqi Oil Minister Basim Muhammed Khudair in Ankara have focused on finalizing a roadmap for comprehensive, long-term energy agreements. Following a crude oil transport contract signed in August between BOTAŞ, SOMO, and NOC, the two nations are activating joint working groups to manage projects involving exploration, production, refining, petrochemicals, and electricity. A ~~central~~ primary strategic ~~priority~~ focus is the plan to extend and increase the capacity of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to ~~Basra. This move is intended~~ Basra to provide a reliable alternative to energy supplies from the Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz. Following a crude oil transport contract signed in August between BOTAŞ, SOMO, and NOC, the two nations are activating joint working groups to manage projects involving exploration, production, refining, petrochemicals, and electricity. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi has described the project as a ‘third river’ for Iraq and noted a goal of exporting 1 million barrels of crude oil ~~daily, a move that would support the vision of transforming the port of Ceyhan into a global energy hub and establishing~~ daily. To mark the ~~Development Road as~~ project's progress, al-Zeydi announced plans to invite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to a ~~strategic ‘energy road’. Expanding on this vision, Minister Bayraktar emphasized that~~ groundbreaking ceremony for the ~~Development Road could reach a capacity of transporting up~~ 1,200-kilometer land and rail route, which is expected to ~~2.5 million barrels of oil per day. Building on these strategic goals,~~ follow national budget approval. Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, stated that the Development Road Project is projected to contribute approximately $55 billion to the Turkish national economy over a 10-year ~~period.~~ period and create an average of 70,000 jobs annually.

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