News in Brief
Fiber-optic line proposed to link Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed that a fiber-optic communication line be laid between Russia, Kazakhstan and Iran.
“I propose that a fiber-optic communication line along the Russia-Kazakhstan-Iran route be considered in order to connect to existing international lines running along the coast of the Indian Ocean,” Tokayev said at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, Interfax reported on
Tuesday.
“This will not only create an alternative route for transit traffic in the Eurasian space, but also significantly strengthen the position of our Union in data logistics at the global level,” he said.
Iran to open key SE rail link in year to March 2025
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash said that the important Chabahar-Zahedan railway will be inaugurated in the year to March 2025.
Speaking to IRNA on Tuesday, Bazrpash said that Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters, Ministry of Road and Urban Development, and Sistan and Baluchestan governorate will do their best to make the project operational by the end of the next Iranian year.
The project is about 830 kilometers from the North-South Corridor in Sistan and Baluchistan, he said.
The Chabahar to Zahedan section is about 630km, and the Zahedan to Khash section has been put into operation, while the entire capacity of Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters has been used to complete the Khash to Chabahar section, the minister noted.
After the end of the lining operation of some tunnels, the rail laying operation of 200km length will begin, he stated.