Iran, Uzbekistan emphasize the expansion of cooperation between railways, roads and crossings.
Tehran, Irena -. Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzana Sadakh, emphasized the need to expand cooperation between railways and roads with Uzbekistan during a meeting with her Uzbek counterpart, Ilkhom Makhamov.
The two ministers met on Wednesday in Tashkent and discussed ways to expand bilateral transport and transit ties.
There is "vast potential for cooperation between the two countries, while their political, economic, transport and transit relations reflect strategic importance," Sed said.
Referring to her previous talks with Makhamov on the sidelines of the 14th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) transport ministers in Astana, Kazakhstan, she called for "implementing the agreements reached".
Sadag described cooperation in road, air and rail transport as progressing well and proposed a tripartite rail meeting involving Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
The proposed meeting will improve coordination and accelerate the development of rail links between the three countries, the Iranian minister noted.
"Iran's northern and southern ports offer an important opportunity to expand trade and regional connectivity, given the significant logistics and transit potential of both countries," she added.
Sadegh also announced that Chabahar port will soon be connected to Iran's national railway network, a development it says will increase transit capacity.