Tehran, Ashgabat Resume Railway Trades

Date: 24 June 2020 - 21:33

News ID: ۷۹۸۹۳

TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Director of the provincial Railways Company Mehdi Abdol-Karimzadeh said that Iran and Turkmenistan resumed trade exchanges via railroad through Inche Borun border in Golestan province after100 days of hiatus due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
With the resumption of rail exchanges between the two countries, 30 cement-loaded wagons entered Turkmenistan while observing health protocols, in order to supply the product to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and to Turkmenistan itself, Abdol-Karimzadeh said.
He continued that upon stopping the trade exchanges between Iran and Turkmenistan, especially through railways, 131 wagons carrying cement, hardware, ceramic tiles, plastic materials, toys, ore and glass have been waiting at the Incheh Borun railway station, he said.
These wagons will gradually leave for Turkmenistan and other Central Asian countries, will pass through disinfection tunnels in compliance with health protocols, the official added.