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Iran – Russia transportation deal effects the region

Business Materials 20 June 2019 11:13 (UTC +04:00)

Tehran, Iran, June 19

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Iran and Russia transportation agreement on roads, maritime, air and railway would effect the region and International North-South Transport Corridor project, said the head of commercialization department at the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.

Amin Trafo discussed the achievements of 10th Iran-Russia joint transportation working group meeting in an interview with Trend.

"The recent meeting between Iran and Russia covered five topics including issues related to air, sea, road, rail connection and mixed transportation of the International North–South Transport Corridor," he said.

"The negotiations over mixed transportation in the International North–South Transport Corridor were constructive. The formation of joint units in the region has been discussed," he added.

"The new bilateral units will be formed based on the agreement for new transit channel via Iran to provide Russia with access to eastern and western neighbors like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq," he said.

"Incheboron city in Iran will be connected to Russia. Rasht-Astara railway construction project is being currently developed in cooperation with Azerbaijan," he noted.

Speaking about other initiatives, he added that it was agreed that Russia would participate in Imam Khomeini airport development. "Agreements in the field maritime transportation have been also signed and new discount in tariffs are significant," he added.

According to him, another railway agreement was concluded on Garmsar-Incheboron electrification project that is expected to start in next two months.

"The project related studies are completed and its implementation to start soon. Iran will be the operator of the railway project on its territory, Russia is to be responsible for the other side," he added.

"For road connection and management, we will operate and expand the Russian Global Navigation Satellite (Glonass)," he said.

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