Zakeri made the remarks on Saturday on the fifth assembly of railway leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member international locations in Moscow, Russia.
He proposed holding a tripartite assembly between Iran, Russia and the Republic of Azerbaijan to standardize tariffs and strengthen cargo transportation.
Additionally, he’ll develop monetary fashions to establish points, eradicate bottlenecks and challenges in border areas, consider traces that aren’t linked to current rail networks, and entice the funding wanted to construct these traces. proposed the institution of a specialised working group to
Considering Iran’s strategic place as a bridge between East and West Asia and a route connecting the necessary continents of Europe and Asia, the CEO of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, generally known as RAI, mentioned: He careworn that Iran goals to strengthen partnership and cooperation. Transport and logistics with Shanghai Cooperation Organization member international locations.
He mentioned the event of bilateral and multilateral cooperation within the transport and transit sector is of nice significance, stressing that efforts to advertise east-west and north-south transport routes by Iran are important.
He believed that the North-South Intercontinental Corridor consisted of a southern belt of mountain passes connecting China and Europe. Almaty – Bandar Abbas Pass. The Almaty-Tehran-Istanbul rail path and the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul hall are listed as one of the crucial necessary railway crossings, and Iran Railways is the important thing to bettering situations, facilitating logistics, and growing the required transportation capability for worldwide transport from Iran. He identified that efforts are being made to strengthen intersections. Transportation of products from China, Russia and Central Asian international locations to Iran, India, Pakistan and Europe.
Zakeri additionally emphasised that the North-South Corridor is among the most necessary rail transportation tasks, and high-level negotiations are at present underway between Iran and the Russian authorities in the direction of the completion of Iran’s Rasht-Astara railway line. He added that it was accomplished.
MNA/IRN