Iraq has announced that all its airports remain open to Kuwaiti commercial flights, which will offer facilitations for the arrival of jets from the neighbouring country.
The Iraqi Ministry of Transportation issued the statement, based on the cooperation agreement which was signed in the field of air transportation last December (2016).
In a statement, the ministry said that Iraq's second largest airport, Basra International, in particular, operates according to the 'open skies' agreement, which allows a free-market environment for the global airline industry.
Commenting on the announcement, ministry spokesman Salem Mousa told KUNA that the move illustrates the state of openness between both countries in the field of commercial aviation and outlines their commitment to the development of transport cooperation.
Transport between the neighbouring countries has recently increased, Mousa suggested, adding that it has now become mandatory to back this growth with tangible action on the ground, through the creation of further bilateral cooperation prospects
Meanwhile, alrai newspaper said that a Transportation Ministry directorate based at Al-Sadr City had issued an order to confiscate Kuwaiti properties – including any ship that enters the Iraqi territorial waters or any plane that lands at the airport.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is expected to block the decision, said that newspaper.