Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian called for speeding up the construction project of Rasht-Astara railway in order to complete the North-South Rail Corridor.
Pezeshkian on Saturday met with Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh and Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali in Tehran for talks on the latest status of the project to construct a railway from southern to northern Iran.
The talks focused on the latest measures related to the construction of Rasht-Astara Railway as well as Parsabad-Bandar Abbas Railway, both parts of the North-South Rail Corridor.
The minister said that the main obstacle to the projects are limited resources for land acquisition. The president issued orders to provide assistance in that regard to resolve the problem.
The Iranian ambassador to Moscow also reported on the Russians’ commitment to implementing the Rasht-Astara project, saying that they are also willing to cooperate in the Parsabad-Bandar Abbas project.
Pezeshkian welcomed that, saying the expansion of rail lines from the north to the south of Iran benefits people and the economy.
These two rail lines, in addition to meeting Russia’s needs, would also help boost rendering services inside Iran, he added.