Russia has for the first time exported a cargo to Saudi Arabia using a multimodal way of transport running through Iran, Managing Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Miad Salehi said.
Salehi announced on Sunday that a cargo train comprising 36 containers entered Iran through the Incheh-Burun border for the first time to transit freight from Russia to Saudi Arabia.
The Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development added that the transit train headed to the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran where the cargo will be trans-shipped aboard large vessels to be dispatched to Jeddah Port in Saudi Arabia.
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume diplomatic relations under a China-brokered deal on March 10. Nearly a month later, the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers met in the Chinese capital where they agreed to follow up on arrangements to reopen their diplomatic missions in their respective countries, among other things.