BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 23. The current state of cooperation and future development prospects between Azerbaijan and Iran have been discussed, the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers Trend.
The discussion was held during a meeting between the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the State Commission on Economic, Trade, and Humanitarian Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran on the Azerbaijani side, Shahin Mustafayev, and the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran, Chairperson of the State Commission on the Iranian side, Farzaneh Sadegh.
The meeting reviewed the implementation of the issues arising from the Memorandum of Understanding signed as a result of the last meeting of the Joint State Commission and the current status of the implemented joint projects.
Discussions were held on the current state and further expansion of cooperation in the economic, transport, customs, border, oil, gas, trade, investment, and humanitarian spheres.
The meeting also featured a presentation on the progress of the Agband-Kalala bridge construction and Kalala-Jolfa highway expansion projects in the Araz corridor. Satisfaction was expressed with the launch of direct flights between Baku and Tehran and between Baku and Tabriz, in accordance with the instructions of the presidents of the two countries. An exchange of views took place on increasing the number of flights and resolving existing problems in the field of transit transportation.
During the visit to Tehran, Mustafayev also met with the Iranian Minister of Energy, Abbas Aliabadi and held discussions on the Khudafarin-Giz Galasi and Ordubad-Marazad projects implemented between the two countries, as well as on the exchange of electricity and the joint efficient development of water resources.
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