Iran, Armenia to expand land, railway transportation cooperation

Moscow, April 3, IRNA ` Iran and Armenia are to expand cooperation in
the land and railway transportation sector.

In separate meetings in Yerevan on Thursday, Iran’s Minister of Roads
and Transportation Hamid Behbahani and Armenia’s Ministers of Energy
and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian and of Transportation and
Communications Gurgen Sagsyan examined ways of expanding mutual
cooperation, particularly in the transportation sector.

The meetings were held on the sidelines of the Iran-Armenia Joint
Transportation Cooperation Commission session in Yerevan, where the
Iranian minister said Tehran is ready to help Armenia build the
Iran-Armenia railway track.

The Iranian party will also facilitate cargo transportation from
Armenia to Iran’s southern and northern ports and to other countries
via its territory.