Syria, Saudi Arabia agree on roadmap to boost rail, road connectivity

Syrian Transport Minister Yarub Badr and his Saudi counterpart Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser agreed on a roadmap to boost rail and highway connectivity between the 2 international locations, Anadolu reviews.

The settlement was reached throughout a bilateral assembly held on the sidelines of the second convention of Transport Ministers of the Group of Islamic Cooperation in Türkiye, in line with a press release by Syria’s Transport Ministry on Saturday.

The assertion mentioned either side agreed to “maintain a technical assembly in Saudi Arabia for land transport cadres in March.”

It added that discussions additionally lined current cooperation between railway and freeway groups within the two international locations.

The Syrian minister prolonged an invite to his Saudi counterpart to go to Damascus to “crown the outcomes of those discussions by realizing the visions of the political leaderships of each international locations within the discipline of rail connectivity.”

Based on the assertion, these visions goal to “improve using the distinctive geographical places of each international locations and facilitate the motion of products between Europe and the Arabian Gulf through railways, consistent with a roadmap that meets the necessities of regional and worldwide financial integration.”

The assertion additionally famous that the Saudi minister expressed gratitude for the reopening of Syrian airspace to Saudi plane, voicing hope that the variety of flights would enhance when situations enable.

Every week earlier, Riyadh and Damascus signed 5 agreements throughout varied sectors price about $5.3 billion, within the presence and underneath the patronage of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, aimed toward supporting Syria’s aviation, telecommunications, water, and different sectors.