DAMASCUS, 22 August 2005 — Syrian Airlines will resume flights to Baghdad next month as part of a new Syrian strategy to boost bilateral cooperation with Iraq in all domains, particularly transportation, said a senior official.
Speaking to Arab News after meeting with a visiting Iraqi delegation yesterday, Syria’s Deputy Transport Minister Dr. Mahmoud Zanboa said that “once some problems related to securing insurance to its flights by reputed world companies are resolved, Syrian Airlines will resume flights to Iraq.”
Zanboa said that the new move would also coincide with the implementation of several agreements signed, or to be signed, between the two sides in a bid to enhance cooperation between the two countries in land, air, and maritime transportation.
Syrian Transport Minister Makram Obaid discussed with his visiting Iraqi counterpart Salam Audeh Al Malki means of activating and updating the transportation agreements signed between the two countries.
