The envoy also said that Iranian Minister of Transportation Abbas Akhoundi and Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev signed a document named “Framework Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the coordination of railways of Azerbaijan and Iran” during a meeting in Tehran on Feb. 23.
Saying that a couple of the articles in the framework agreement considered railway cooperation between the two countries, he added that today’s meeting was aimed at laying a ground for inaugurating the plan.
He further said that the train trips will be launched after carrying out technical studies regarding the procedure of ticket sale and also the customs services by both sides.
Iram added that the plan is expected to be finalized after a meeting between the heads of the railway administrations of Iran and Azerbaijan in March.
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