For the first time, a cargo train from Russia to Saudi Arabia has passed through Turkmenistan to the Inche-Burun border crossing in Iran, Mehr Agency reports.
The Golestan Province’s Customs Department director-general, Shahriar Shahriari told reporters.
"The train, which has 36 containers, chose this route on the "North-South" international transport corridor." The official also noted that the cost of goods transit was almost halved as a result of the reduction of the customs tariff.
Russian media noted that containers with non-ferrous metals and energy equipment at the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran will be loaded onto a ship and delivered to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's largest port on the Red Sea.
The intergovernmental agreement on the creation of the North-South corridor was signed by Russia, Iran and India in 2000. Since then more than a dozen states have joined the document.
Experts told Daryo that Turkmenistan recently expressed its readiness to join the corridor.
"The Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway, launched in 2014, has become a link. This reduces the distance of transporting goods by more than half compared to the sea route through the Suez Canal."
Credits: Eziz Boyarov
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