U.A.E. Calls on Gulf States to Pin Down $20 Billion Rail Program

Gulf nations must pin down the schedule for construction of a 1,350-mile railway from Kuwait to the Indian Ocean or risk stalling the project beyond a 2018 deadline, the United Arab Emirates public works minister said.

The six Gulf Cooperation Council countries should agree on a timeframe for building national railways to avoid the project becoming fragmented, Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi said today at a press conference in Dubai. While the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia and Qatar have begun work, other nations are lagging behind.