PMO News Portal - In an online meeting with Oman Deputy
Minister of Transportation, Ali Akbar Safaei; Managing Director of the Ports
and Maritime Organization pointed to the opportunity to activate the Ashgabat
agreement for the transit of cargo from Central Asian countries and Afghanistan
to Oman, and said: PMO is fully prepared in this regard and several meetings
have been held in Tashkent and Ashgabat to facilitate the transit of cargo on
this route.
Regarding the formation of a joint maritime cooperation
committee between Iran and Oman, Safaei stated that The Ports and maritime
Organization is ready to arrange and hold meetings of the Maritime Cooperation
Committee between the two countries.
“We invite port and maritime officials as well as private
companies operating in Oman to visit Iranian ports and be informed of the existing
capacities and capabilities of the southern ports of Iran.”, He added “PMO is
ready to cooperate by providing the necessary infrastructure and
superstructures”
The Managing Director of the Ports and Maritime Organization
also highlighted the re-launch of the Chabahar-Oman passenger line and said:
"The necessary measures have been taken to launch the passenger line
between the two countries."