الموانئ العراقية و أهميتها الاستراتيجية و تأثير تحديد المجالات البحرية عليها

الملخص EN

Given that Iraq is one of the countries that have a strategic and important location, as it has a view of the Arabian Gulf, and the Arab Gulf today is not only a waterway but an area distinguished by its important geographical location, especially after the discovery of oil in the countries bordering it, that Iraq's maritime location as well as its regional sea are considered Of great political, economic and security importance, which is the link between the Asian continent (especially the emergence of China as an advanced country in its economy) and the European continent after activating and developing the silk line across the sea through Iraqi ports, especially the port of Faw to be established.

Iraq has three huge commercial ports whose basins and waterways connecting to them have great depths, and these ports have distinct capabilities and capabilities and huge storage capacity, so the ports are the sea view of Iraq despite the short coast of Iraq, which is 29 nautical miles, compared to the coasts of neighboring countries to Iraq.

Although Iraq is one of the affected countries geographically (due to the narrow maritime port and the limited exclusive economic zone being one of the countries with contiguous coasts), so Iraqi decision-makers must pay attention to developing and expanding Iraqi ports to accommodate large ships, as well as working to present Iraq's position as a geographically and truly damaged country.

In the exploitation of all its marine areas from a regional sea and a continental shelf to reach the natural economic zone in the subsoil of the regional sea, as well as benefit from the fish wealth and protect Iraqi fishermen from overtaking them by the countries neighboring Iraq.