BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. The volume of
bilateral cargo transportation between Azerbaijan and Iran reached
2.3 million tons last year, marking a positive dynamic, Azerbaijani
Deputy Prime Minister, co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-Iran Joint
Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade and Humanitarian
Cooperation on the Azerbaijani side, Shahin Mustafayev, said at the
17th meeting of the commission, Trend reports.
He noted that the two countries act as important transit
partners within the framework of the International North-South
Transport Corridor.
According to him, the increase was recorded in both road and
rail freight.
"The construction of the Rasht-Astara section is of great
importance in terms of realizing the potential of the North-South
corridor. The Astara Freight Terminal is of particular importance
as an important component of the corridor. The terminal's cargo
capacity of up to five million tons makes a significant
contribution to increasing the transit potential of this route,"
the official added.
