Azerbaijani delegation attends official opening ceremony of Gazvin-Rasht railway

Azerbaijani delegation attends official opening ceremony of Gazvin-Rasht railway

The official opening ceremony of the Gazvin-Rasht railway, which is an important project implemented in the direction of connecting railways of Azerbaijan and Iran, was held on March 6 in the city of Rasht in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

From Azerbaijani side, the opening ceremony was attended by Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade, Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov and Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Bunyad Huseynov.

 

During the visit, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani received the Azerbaijani delegation.

 

It should be noted that in the future, the construction of Rasht-Astara (The Islamic Republic of Iran) railway will allow transportation of cargo by railway transport on the North-South International Transport Corridor directly from the ports of the Persian Gulf passing through Russia to the countries of Scandinavia and Western Europe, as well as via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway to the countries of South-Eastern Europe.