BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 6
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Iran has sent an export cargo to Turkmenistan, Trend reports with reference to Turkmenportal information portal.
Freight cars from Iran arrived at the Etrek railway station in Turkmenistan through the Incheburun border crossing, located on the track of the Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railway.
The number of railcars for cargo transportation to Turkmenistan will increase to 30 from the current 20, the report said.
As reported, Iran and Turkmenistan kept their borders closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, however, the parties discussed issues of increasing transport traffic during a videoconference in early May.
Earlier, Turkmenistan and Iran resumed trade at the border of namesake cities of Sarakhs.
As reported, earlier Turkmenistan has allowed 30 out of 770 Iranian trucks to enter its territory said the representative of the customs service of Iran, Rouhollah Latif.
These trucks were detained on April 1 at the namesake cities of Sarakhs on the two sides of the Turkmen-Iranian border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, a new automobile bridge has opened to connect the namesake cities of Sarakhs on the two sides of the Turkmen-Iranian border. The opening ceremony was held on June 8, 2020.
This was the second joint border development project on the construction of automobile bridges between the two countries aiming to expand and develop road transportation.
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