BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 21. Iran is focusing
on transporting a wider range of goods, rather than relying on a
single product, through Turkmenistan, Trend reports.
Jabbar Ali Zakeri, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban
Development and Executive Director of the Iranian Railways Company,
said that Turkmenistan’s sulfur exports fluctuate annually. Some
years, sulfur is exported in transit via Iranian rail, while other
years there is no sulfur export, causing sharp swings in transit
volumes and threatening the stability of Iran’s transit
revenues.
Zakeri emphasized that Iran’s institutional advantage in rail
diplomacy allows it to substitute sulfur with other cargoes,
maintaining the functionality of transit routes. This flexible
approach strengthens Iran’s role not only as a transit country but
also as a regional logistics operator.
He added that Iran seeks to expand railway cooperation with
Turkmenistan under the International North-South Transport Corridor
and the International East-West Transport Corridor.
