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Iran, Russia discuss implementation of Rasht-Astara railway
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash met Igor Levitin, an aide to the Russian president, and Leonid Slutsky, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Russia’s State Duma, in Tehran on Saturday, IRNA wrote.
They talked about implementing the strategic railway which is a key part of the International North-South Transit Corridor (INSTC).
Highlighting the need for increasing the volume of transit through the Iranian soil, they stressed the significance of completing the INSTC corridor.
Bazrpash and Levitin had had another meeting in Tehran in late February.
On Thursday, Iran’s Acting President Mohammad Mokhber described the country’s relations with Russia as strategic and founded upon unchanging principles.
Mokhber made the remarks as he was speaking on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Complete implementation of all the agreements that have been clinched [between the two sides], including in the areas of trade, transit, and energy, forms the principal agenda of the bilateral ties,” the Iranian official said.
Mokhber went on to review the process of the Islamic Republic’s bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Russia, especially concerning the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC), the BRICS group of emerging economies, and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).