Talks Underway between Iran, Russia to Complete N-S Corridors
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Officials from Iran and Russia discussed regarding the completion of construction operation of the North-South railway and transportation corridors.
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd held talks with senior Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin on the completion of the construction operation of the North-South railway and transportation corridors.
During the meeting, the two sides emphasized strengthening the infrastructural cooperation and developing the international transportation routes which plays a key role in improving the regional trade and economic relations, Mehr news agency reported.
Levitin, who was previously the Russian minister of roads for 8 years, seized this opportunity to congratulate Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd for becoming the new roads minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran and stressed the need to boost bilateral cooperation in the field of rail transportation logistics.
Iran’s roads minister, for her part, emphasized the need to make the best use of the existing rail capacities of the two countries.