President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Government of Iran on the creation of new communication links between the East-Zangeza Economic District and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan through Iran. ” The text of the chapter of the Azerbaijani state is published on Tuesday.
Baku and Tehran On March 11, 2022, at the end of the 15th meeting of the Azerbaijan-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade and Humanitarian Cooperation, a Memorandum was signed on the creation of a transport link between the East-Zangezo Economic District of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic through the territory of Iran.
The purpose of the document is to establish new railway and automotive communications with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as lines of communication and power supply through the territory of Iran. To achieve this goal, it is planned to build four bridges across the River Araz (in the Azerbaijani-Iranian border), including two automobiles (with a pedestrian crossing) and two railway, as well as communication and power supply infrastructure. The length of the highway will be 55 km.
In the framework of the Memorandum of Azerbaijan and Iran, items on the border, calculated for skipping daily totaling 1 thousand trucks. Proposals for the financing of the railway construction, which will take place in parallel with the road, must be prepared for 6 months.