Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani gives a speech during the ceremony of the beginning of the handover of the Grand Faw Port's five berths from the implementing Korean company, in the southern Basra Province, on November 7, 2024, as the project approaches full completion. The Grand Faw Port will be one of the largest ports in the Middle East with the longest breakwater in the world at 14,523 meters long. It is linked to the Development Road Project, a memorandum of understanding for joint cooperation signed between Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)