As Interfax reports, Russia and Iran could sign an agreement in May on completing construction of the Rasht-Astara railway section in Iran, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on the sidelines of the Caucasus Region Investment Exhibition in Mineralnoye Novoye yesterday.
“We have just discussed this with the Iranian Ambassador, and I had a meeting on the signing of a bilateral agreement between our countries on completing the Rasht-Astara railway section. I hope that we will do this in May, since we have agreed on everything in practice, and the coordination procedures are currently underway. That is, this is a very important step; we have been moving toward this for a long time; it is actually to connect the infrastructure of Russia and Iran,” Novak said.
The Iranian ambassador earlier on Wednesday had said that Tehran expected in the near future to sign an agreement with Russia on completing the section and to begin construction.
