ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, July 12. The Russian Federation has approved Turkmenistan's accession to the Agreement on the International North-South Transport Corridor, Trend reports.
According to official data, the corresponding order was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was instructed to notify Iran of this decision.
Meanwhile, earlier, Director of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakiyev reported that work is underway on procedures related to Turkmenistan's accession to the Agreement on the International North-South Transport Corridor.
The purpose of creating the 'North-South' corridor is to reduce the delivery time of goods from India to Russia, as well as to Northern and Western Europe.