Azerbaijan intends to expand cooperation with Iran in banking sphere, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. The banking sphere is one of the most prospective directions for the expansion of the Azerbaijani-Iranian cooperation, the minister said. He noted that as part of the intergovernmental commission’s meeting, such structures as the Financial Market Supervisory Authority and…
Azerbaijan and Iran will discuss the second stage of implementation of the International North-South Transport Corridor, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. The first stage of implementation of the North-South transportation corridor is nearly completed, said the minister. “We are already completing the construction of the railway to the Iranian border and the railway bridge…
Foundation of the Azerbaijan-Iran joint pharmaceutical plant in the Pirallahi Industrial Park will be laid in January 2017, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. Iran’s Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei will take part in the groundbreaking ceremony of the plant which is an Azerbaijan-Iran joint enterprise, Mustafayev said. Over $30 million…
An Iranian-Chinese credit worth 30 billion euros has been prepared and is ready, Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation (IMIDRO) CEO Mehdi Karbasian said. The value of projects implemented by Iran and China during the past three years (the Rouhani administration) has reached 20 billion euros, 4 billion euros of which were in…
Iran is interested in the exports of agricultural products to the Russian Federation and other CIS countries through the territory of Azerbaijan, the Governor of the Iranian province Golestan Hassan Sadiq declared. According to the governor, Golestan takes an important position in development of agriculture in Iran. Sadiq noted that the province had a well-developed…
Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held talks with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour, the Turkmen ministry said. The parties exchanged views on cooperation in energy, transportation and trade. They mentioned substantial potential for expanding and diversifying trade turnover between the two countries. A number of major economic projects in energy…
Construction of a railway bridge across the Astarachay river at the border of Azerbaijan and Iran as part of the North-South Transport Corridor will be completed in December, Javid Gurbanov, head of Azerbaijan Railways, reported. Gurbanov said the 8.3-kilometer section of the railway from the Astara Station to the bridge at the border with Iran…