Veep hails Iran as best transit route for landlocked countries
First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref praised Iran on Sunday as the best transit rote for the landlocked countries across the region.
Addressing a meeting of the National Border-to-Border Transit Headquarters in Tehran, Aref underlined that the transit sector for the Islamic Republic of Iran can have economic and trade benefits with the neighboring countries.
“Iran is the best transit route for landlocked countries that do not have access to the high seas,” the first vice president said.
Aref added that the issue of transit and geographical location of the country has been emphasized at the 7th Five-Year Socioeconomic and Cultural Development Plan.
“Transit is effective in developing tourism, cultural, and scientific relations,” he said. “Expanding and deepening transit relations is influential in increasing political and regional cooperation.”
The first vice president called on the responsible officials and organizations to establish very close cooperation and interaction with the current administration to optimally boost the status of transit in the country.
Developing sustainable and maximal relations with the regional countries and neighbors in all sectors, including transit, is the strategy of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration, Aref noted.