Turkmenistan to Transit Sulfur via Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway

“Considering the Rasht-Caspian railway, we expect to have a good increase in the rail cargo transit area, and we will start the transit of Turkmen sulfur next week via this path,” Milad Salehi said.

“The Rasht-Caspian railway is the second route connecting the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and the north and south of the country are connected by the railway,” he added.

Salehi explained that the sulfur comes from Turkmenbashi port to the Caspian port and it will pass through Iran via railway.

Salehi had in 2021 signed a memorandum of understanding on joint railway cooperation with head of the Turkmen Railway Agency.

Following talks between the heads of the Iranian and Turkmen railways, Salehi signed a memorandum of understanding on joint railway cooperation with Azad Atamardovs, the Director-General of Railways Agency of Turkmenistan.

Development of exports and transit, doubling of exchange and acceptance of wagons from Sarakhs railway border, resumption of Artiq-Lotfabad border, holding joint meetings between the representatives of the two countries' railways were among the issues mentioned in the cooperation document between Iran and Turkmenistan.

The implementation of the document will lead to the development of cooperation, increase in the volume of trade, development of rail transportation, and economic prosperity of the two countries.

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