Azerbaijan Takes Initiative to Revitalize the Work of International Transport Corridor

President Ilham Aliyev signed on December 7 decree "On the acceleration of work on a segment, international transport corridor North-South, passing through the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is requested to submit a draft framework agreement on cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran to coordinate Azerbaijani railways network of Iranian railways ITC North-South. It is also mandated to prepare draft agreements between the relevant agencies of the two countries on the construction of the railway bridge over the river Astara on the state border between Azerbaijan and Iran, financing the design and implementation of the construction of the railway line from the railway station Astara to the border with Iran, the responsibility of the CJSC Azerbaijani Railways.

The State Customs Committee and State Border Service of Azerbaijan Republic will establish the appropriate infrastructure in connection with the construction of the railway bridge. Financing of these works will be carried out by the state budget.

The urgency of the revitalization of the Azerbaijani section of the transport corridor North-South "due to the need for extensive use of favorable transit opportunities of Azerbaijan as a participant of this corridor," the document notes. ---08D