Mr. Bangun Abdullah Rekani, Minister of Construction,Housing,Municipalities and Public Works, praised the Baghdad Nisour Multimodal Transport Hub Project.

Recently, Bangun Abdullah Rekani, Minister of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, reviewed the course of friendly cooperation between Iraq and China，expressed positive expectations for deepening the bilateral partnership during an exclusive interview with a reporter from People's Network.

Mr. Bangun Abdullah Rekani

In the interview, Minister Rekani highly praised the outstanding technical competence and contract fulfillment capability demonstrated by Chinese enterprises in a number of highly challenging projects. He expressed particular admiration for the Baghdad Nisour Multimodal Transport Hub Project, which was undertaken by CRIG. He pointed out, "Completed and opened to traffic last September, the project has alleviated traffic congestion in the region by over 80% compared with the past, while also reducing traffic-related pollution and noise." In Minister Rekani’s view, CRIG not only possess advanced manufacturing technologies and experience, but have also helped Iraq cultivate a large number of industrial workers through vocational training programs, which has laid a solid foundation for long-term cooperation between the two sides.

The Nisour Multimodal Transport Hub Project is the largest initiative among a batch of transportation infrastructure projects—including bridges, roads and overpasses—launched by the Iraqi government in 2023. During the project implementation period, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Hijau al-Sudani led his team to conduct on-site inspections six times and expressed satisfaction with the project’s progress, safety standards, quality control, as well as environmental and water conservation efforts.