Baku, Azerbaijan, July 31
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
Iranian Transportation Minister Abbas Akhoundi has called on Germany to create a transportation corridor linking China to the European country through Iran.
“Given the fact that a huge amount of cargo is transported from Germany to China, we propose to set up the rail corridor of Germany-Iran-China,” Mehr news agency quoted him as saying at a meeting with German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Brigitte Zypries.
Elaborating on the existing infrastructure in the region for creating the corridor, he added that the transportation of cargo through the proposed corridor would cut costs and save time.
He further added that the sides in order to fulfill the plan need to jointly study the opportunity.
Iran is currently in collaboration with Azerbaijan and Russia to inaugurate the north-south transportation corridor which is meant to connect Northern Europe with Southeast Asia.
