Tehran, Kabul ink road transport cooperation document
Officials from Iran and Afghanistan signed a joint cooperation document in the field of international road transport.
Director General of Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization for International Transport and Transit Affairs Javad Hedayati met with the Taliban government’s Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport Mullah Hamidullah Akhundzada to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest, Tasnim News Agency reported.
During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on expanding mutual relations in the fields of transportation and transit.
Hedayati emphasized the determination of the Islamic Republic of Iran to boost economic relations between the two countries, strengthen the transit corridors and the significance of completing the construction operation of the Herat-Mazar-i-Sharif roads for easy access to the Central Asian states for other countries of the region.
Welcoming the decision of the Taliban government regarding the use of Chabahar port, he said that his organization is ready to cooperate with Afghan traders to facilitate the transit of goods within the framework of the logistics services chain at Chabahar port and common border terminals.
Earlier, the transport officials from Iran and Afghanistan’s caretaker government emphasized the need for broadening cooperation in the field of transport and transit.
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash and deputy minister of transport and civil aviation of Afghanistan’s caretaker government Hamidullah Saeed held talks in Tehran on the development and enhancement of cooperation between the air, road and rail sectors of the two countries.