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Given the transport capacity of 30 million tons of cargo between Far East. India. Russia and Europe – which is expandable to 100 million tons – Iran will try to increase its share of transporting cargo between the East and the West especially via rail-sea combined transportation. Eslami said today. expounding on the agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) concluded in different rail. road. sea and air sectors during the first Caspian Economic Forum in Turkmenistan.
Elsewhere in his remarks. the Roads minister shed light on the three main topics in a joint meeting of five members of Caspian Sea littoral states and added. that in this quintuple meeting. transport and economy ministers of participating countries exchanged their views on the relevant issues.
Expansion of trade exchanges and economic cooperation were put atop agenda of the meeting. Eslami highlighted.
Eslami assessed talks held in the field of maritime transport ‘positive and constructive’ and added. “with the coordination made in this regard. it was agreed that tourist passenger ships will be launched between ports of the Caspian Sea.“
He then pointed to the talks held in the field of road transport and added. “electronic issuance of waybill was exchanged between participating countries including Islamic Republic of Iran. Republic of Azerbaijan and Russia.“
To east its access to the Mediterranean Sea. Iran is jointly working with Iraq and Syria on a railroad connecting the three countries.
Early in last month. officials from Iran. Iraq and Syria signed an agreement to further increase the joint projects of the trio for developing trilateral transportation infrastructures through a set of measures. including linking their rail networks from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
In April. Iraqi Republic Railways Company Chief Salib al-Hussaini said that Tehran. Baghdad and Damascus will soon hold a summit to further discuss the development of a transnational railway line linking the three countries.
Salib al-Hussaini said on April 12 that a summit will be held between Iran. Iraq and Syria to further discuss the project of the transnational rail between the three countries. according to the Arabic-language al-Sumeria news website.
He made the remarks on the sidelines of the joint Syrian-Iraqi committee held in Damascus. a week after Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri spoke of an initiative to link the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.
`We will connect the Persian Gulf from Iraq to Syria and the Mediterranean via railway and road.` said Jahangiri. making reference to the construction of a railway linking Shalamcheh to Basra.
The Shalamcheh-Basra railway project is estimated to cost 2.22 billion rials and can link Iran to Syria via Iraq.
Speaking last December. Director General of the Railway and Technical Structures Department at the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) Mohammad Mousavi said Iran was planning to build a movable railway bridge over the Arvand River as part of the Shalamcheh-Basra project.
Mousavi said the project would effectively link the Iranian cities of Khorramshahr and Abadan along with the Imam Khomeini Port to the Iraqi city.
