The Ministers of Iraq, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates signed a memorandum on the Development Path project in Baghdad. The project involves the construction of roads and railways with a length of 1200 km, which connect Turkey with Iraq and will connect the countries of the Persian Gulf with Europe. The cost of the project is $17 billion. It is planned that it will be completed in 2028, and will increase the economic and strategic attractiveness of the entire region.