PMO News Portal - Dmitry Zverev, as the head of a delegation
of representatives of transport and logistics organizations, the International
Road Transport Association and Russian trade representatives, visited Tehran to
discuss the development of maritime and port cooperation between Iran and
Russia. In a meeting attended by Ali Akbar Safaei; The Managing Director of the
Ports and Maritime Organization and a delegation of officials of ports and
maritime and port unions of Iran, Dmitry Zverev referred to the economic
activities of the north-south corridor by sea, road and rail and stated: to
develop cooperation, purchase of port facilities and providing land for the
construction of container terminals on the shores of the Caspian Sea and the Indian
Ocean are among the issues that have been discussed.
"Russian maritime sectors have agreed to visit these
ports and I request that this issue be considered in the near future in order
to pave the way for the maximum number of documents and agreements to be signed
in 2022.” he continued.
Russia's Deputy Minister of Transport stated that the
Iranian side is cooperating in financing the port of Astrakhan, and added:
"We also intend to do this on the Russian side to accelerate activities
and avoid interruption in progress of the ongoing projects.
In order to increase the Caspian Sea transport,
some measures are being taken to deepen the sea, he said. "Some measures
are related to the port area to facilitate the unloading of cargo."