TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi said Sunday that Iran exported 400 automobiles to Azerbaijan last year but this year exports will increase to 1,400 automobiles.
Ghasemi made the comments at a meeting of Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Commission which was also attended by visiting Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev in Tehran.
Ghasemi pointed to similarities and long-standing bilateral relations between the two countries, expressing hope that the two countries will resolve the barriers to bilateral relations during the Azeri delegation’s visit.
The Iranian minister also said that the implementation of the agreements signed by the two sides can serve the interests of the people of the two countries.
He also pointed to the construction of a 100-meter bridge at the shared border and the completion of the Rasht-Astara railway corridor as two very important projects which will be discussed during this trip to be finalized.
“Our Azerbaijani friends have invested in the construction of a terminal in Astara of Iran, part of which has been completed while some other parts are remaining, which is going to be discussed over in these negotiations to complete the terminal. We will also hold a meeting in Astara of Azerbaijan.”
“We will reactivate the project of the Nakhchivan-Mashhad railway. Road transport and road transit cooperation is one of the most important negotiations of this commission,” Ghasemi added.
He further noted that there are problems in the field of transportation, adding that the issue of tolls and transportation costs have been witnessed recently while in the past transit was smooth and normal.”
Ghasemi also expressed hope that the transit and transportation return to normal on the Azerbaijani soil.
He added, “In the past, we had oil and products relations with Azerbaijan, which we will continue.”
Ghasemi recalled, “We have ongoing talks about energy and power. Iran has high technology in other industries such as automobiles. In addition, Iran Khodro Corporation is ready to make trucks and buses.”
He also said, “Iranians have the capability in the construction, urban development, road construction fields and other types of development projects in Azerbaijan, for that, we will cooperate with Azerbaijan to implement technical and engineering projects in the country.”
The Iranian minister further pointed out, the Iranian and Azeri sides are seeking to materialize the trade target between the two countries, which will be signed by the joint commission of the two countries in the future.
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Meanwhile in the meeting , Mustafayev expressed the readiness of his country to cooperate with Iran to manufacture car parts jointly.
At the start of his remarks, Mustafayev pointed to the similarities between Iran and Azerbaijan while expressing hope for the expansion of bilateral cooperation.
“The two countries have great potentials for cooperation,” he said.
The deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan continued “As the heads of the economic commissions of the two countries, we have close relations with each other and from now on we will hold more meetings with the Iranian chairman of this commission.”
He stressed, “The next meeting of this commission will be held in Baku and our trip will continue with fruitful negotiations.”
He said that the joint economic commission of the two countries covers all economic areas, adding that “We can negotiate to increase trade relations.”
“We also have several ongoing projects in the field of power and energy,” the Azeri official said.
“The [Iranian] Minister of Roads and Urban Development pointed to the joint export and production of cars in Azerbaijan, but I say we can also cooperate with Iran in the production of car parts,” Mustafayev said.
He added that the imports of agricultural machinery from Iran can also be discussed over.