IRAN JOINS TRACECA TRANSPORT CORRIDOR
ArmInfo
2009-10-07 12:54:00
ArmInfo. Iran officially joined the transport corridor of TRACECA
(Europe, Asia and Caucasus) in a bid to boost regional cooperation and
get access to its transit goals, ISNA reported. Iran’s Deputy Minister
of Road and Transportation Shahriar Afandizadeh said through Iran’s
joining the TRACECA agreement, the corridor’s path will be expanded
and besides Black Sea path, Bulgaria-Turkey- Iran land way which is
the most appropriate and economical one for Europe’s access to Asia
will join other roads.
The measure surely brings considerable economic, political and
commercial interests for Iran, Afandizadeh said.
Expansion of trade and economic cooperation with regional countries,
arrangement of a fundamental strategy on transit principles for major
markets of production and consumption in Central Asia, Caucasus and
Europe, speeding up international transport between regional countries
and the EU are among Iran’s goals for joining the corridor, he added.
TRACECA corridor was ran in 1998 to expand road, transport and economic
cooperation among neighboring countries of Caspian Sea, Black Sea and
Caucasus and it includes Romania, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey,
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Iran, he noted.
Membership of Afghanistan and Pakistan is being studied, he said.