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Project is currently under the initiative of King Hamad of Bahrain |
A GCC-Europe rail network via Turkey is currently under the initiative of King Hamad of Bahrain, with the GCC-Turkey rail link likely to crystallize "in the next five to six years," Turkish Ambassador Osman Haldun said. It would eventually lead to the Gulf region being connected to Europe by rail, he added.
Under the proposal, half of the project would be carried out by Saudi Arabia while the rest would be taken care of by the other GCC states. One of the suggestions is to set up a link from Oman, going on to the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and then to Turkey.
Another is that the network would start from Oman and go on to the UAE, through Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey.
