MOSCOW: The Iranian ambassador to Russia Mahdi Sana’ie has announced that the construction of a railway connecting Iran and Russia through land via Azerbaijan Republic will be completed soon.
The envoy made the announcement in a meeting with the president of the Russian State Railways Company Alexander Yakunin during an economic forum held in Gorno-Altaysk in southeast of Siberia, focusing on perspectives of Tehran-Moscow economic cooperation.
“The plan for connecting the two countries through railway is practically complete now and only a few kilometers of it remains to be constructed, which will not take a long period, as existence of railway services between Iran and Russia is an urgent necessity,” said the Iranian ambassador.