Trilateral Meeting to Focus on Transport Collaboration Between Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran

Moscow: Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh and Russian Minister of Transport Roman Vladimirovich Starovoyt have evaluated agreements and understandings between the two countries, APA reports citing IRNA. The fifth joint meeting of the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation was held via video conference on Monday. Both Sadegh and Starovoyt held the talks with the aim of reviewing the agreements and understandings reached before the visit of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Moscow. According to Azeri-Press News Agency, at the beginning, the Iranian minister thanked and appreciated her Russian counterpart as well as colleagues of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and affiliated companies and organizations. Sadegh has expressed her pleasure for being part of President Pezeshkian's delegation to Moscow on Friday. During the video conferencing, the two sides reviewed and summarized i ssues such as drafting a memorandum of understanding on joint cooperation and preparing a roadmap for 2025, technical and executive details of the construction and development of the Rasht-Astara railway, holding a trilateral Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan meeting on January 28, and maximizing the capacity of the eastern Caspian Sea. The Iranian minister emphasized the maximum utilization of the Caspian Sea, considering the connection of Amirabad and Caspian ports to the rail network and taking steps to commercialize the North-South corridor.

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