The CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Jabbarali Zakeri announced Iran’s readiness to boost ties with the TRACECA corridor members.
Zakeri made the remarks in a meeting with TRACECA Corridor Secretary General Asset Assavbayev in Tehran on Sunday, IRNA reported.
“The Iranian Railways enjoys good ties with a significant number of TRACECA member countries in the field of transportation, and we hope that this interaction with 13 other countries would be increased,” he added.
Compared to last Iranian year (ended March 19), rail routes have become more active in the north-south and east-west corridors, Zakeri said, adding that now a part of the rail network of the north-south and east-west corridors is incomplete, so necessary measures are being taken to fix them.
Assavbayev, for his part, expressed the corridor’s members’ interest in using the potential of Iran’s network, saying that this allows the member countries to increase trade from Central Asia to Turkey through Iran.
TRACECA is an international transport program involving the European Union and 12 member states of the Eastern European, Caucasus, and Central Asian regions. The program aims to strengthen economic relations, trade, and transport in the regions of the Black Sea basin, South Caucasus, and Central Asia.