Iran and Kazakhstan have agreed to expand their transport cooperation and draw up a joint roadmap to enhance regional connectivity, particularly through the North-South Corridor’s eastern route.

Axar.az informs, citing Mehr news, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh, accompanying First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref at the 3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in Turkmenistan’s Avaza port city, held a meeting with Kazakhstan’s Transport Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev.

During the meeting, Sadegh underscored the importance of accelerating transit projects and highlighted the eastern branch of the North-South transit corridor spearheaded by Kazakhstan in cooperation with regional countries.

The ministers further agreed to urgently assess the Caspian Sea’s transit potential. Kazakhstan’s proposal for joint transport projects similar to the “Caspian Bridge” initiative with Azerbaijan was welcomed by Iran, and both sides agreed to review the details.