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Turkey's First Cargo Train Arrives in Baghdad in Two Decades
A train from Turkey arrived at Baghdad on July 13, the first in two decades, the official Iraqi News Agency reported on Saturday.
The train, carrying 450 tons of goods, run to Iraq via Syria.
The arrival of the train came in line with an agreement signed between Iraqi, Syrian and Turkish railway networks last month, Falah Hassan Hibsi, general manager of Iraq's General Railway Authority was quoted as saying
The train will transport varieties of goods from Turkey and eastern European countries to Iraq, he said.
According to the agreement, a train will be arranged to transport passengers from Iraq to Turkey as of next Friday.
Iraq resumed train services with Syria last August after a suspension of nearly 20 years, making possible Iraqi-Turkish train services which must go through Syria.
In 1982, Baghdad severed diplomatic relations with Damascus for Syria's support to Iran during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war (1980- 1988), and brought the Iraq-Syria and Iraq-Turkey train services to a halt.
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