Turkey and Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government have agreed to enable more movement between their shared border by building a new bridge and opening five more border gates, Turkey’s foreign minister announced on March 15. Ahmet Davutoglu and Kurdish region’s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani held a press conference after their meeting in Turkey’s eastern province of Van. They plan to build a third bridge at the Habur border gate, between Turkey and Iraq, to soothe congestion on the borders. Three thousand vehicles pass through Habur every day and it is not able to meet demands for trade between Iraq and Turkey, which is now worth US$12 billion every year.
TURKEY, IRAQI KURDISTAN AGREE ON CLOSER TIES
Turkey and Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government have agreed to enable more movement between their shared border by building a new bridge and opening five more border gates,
