(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) and UAE's Etihad Rail Company on Monday proposed the setting up of a joint technical committee to develop standardised specifications for the GCC railway project.Â
The panel is expected to help Omani officials benefit from UAE's experience and study laws passed by the Emirates in this regard.
This was decided at a meeting held at MoTC between H E Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications, and Nasser bin Ahmad al Suwaidi, member of executive council, chairman of the Economic Development Department in Abu Dhabi and chairman of the board of directors of Etihad Rail Company, in the presence of Eng Salim bin Mohammad al Nu'aimi, undersecretary for transport at MoTC, and other ministry officials.
H E Dr Futaisi said that the meeting focused on the exchange of experiences on the project, adding that the project must be compatible in terms of specifications and operation of trains between Oman and UAE.
"There must be close cooperation in developing appropriate criteria for standard specifications on both sides of the project as our trains will enter their lanes and vice-versa." The meeting also reviewed other areas of cooperation on the project, particularly with respect to implementation of the railway line.
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