BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. The regulation
of cargo shipments between Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia with the
start of construction of the Rasht-Astara railway in Gilan Province
in northern Iran as part of the North-South Transport Corridor by
March 21 is in the spotlight, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban
Development Farzaneh Sadegh said at the 17th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on
Economic, Trade and Humanitarian Cooperation, Trend reports.
According to her, currently, for the construction of a
160-km-long railway line, the ownership of 120 kilometers of the
land along which the line passes has been purchased from
citizens.
Sadegh noted that the transportation of 15 million tons of cargo
per year between Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan within the framework
of the North-South corridor is being given special attention.
