Baku, Tehran sign letter of intent for construction of railroad across Iran to Nakhchivan

BAKU. Oct 6 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan's Deputy Prime Minster Shahin Mustafayev met with Iran's Roads and Urban Development Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash on Friday.

Mustafayev and Bazrpash discussed current issues on the bilateral agenda concerning transport and communications, and use of energy and water resources between Azerbaijan and Iran, the Azerbaijani government said.

The sides gave instructions to their agencies on completing the construction of the Astara cargo terminal as soon as possible.

"The meeting participants noted the importance of accelerating work toward completing the projects for constructing the Khudaferin, Giz Galasi and the Ordubad-Marazad hydroelectric power plants," it said.

The sides signed several documents, including a letter of intent on construction of a new railway line and rail bridges to connect the East Zangezur economic area and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic passing through Iranian territory, and the minutes of the meeting between the co-chairs of the joint working group on the construction of an automobile bridge on the border and a pedestrian passage across the Araz River at the Azerbaijani-Iranian border crossing points Agbend (Azerbaijan) and Kelale (Iran).