IMEEC work begins with 3.5 lakh crore railways plan to link 8 ports on West CoastShare This News Story:NEW DELHI : A strategic project, the plan under the India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC) is to transport goods from Indian Ports to Fujairah in the UAE by ship, and from there move the containers by train to Haifa in Israel. In his remarks from the Oval Office last week, US President Joe Biden had identified IMEEC as a critical project for the region. “The United States and our partners across the region are working to build a better future for the Middle East. It would benefit the people of the Middle East, and it would benefit us,” he had said. The dedicated freight corridors are going to be a key element of the plan as goods can move faster.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 23, 2023 15:32 UTC