Iran Press/ Iran news: Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazr-Pash, and Shahin Mustafayev, First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, in a telephone call, talked about the development of economic relations between Iran and Azerbaijan and the completion of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and expressed hope over improving political relations.
As the head of Iran, Azerbaijan Joint Economic Commission, Bazr-Pash emphasized implementing projects which had been on the agenda.
Bazr-Pash pointed to the strategic importance of the INSTC and expressed hope for improving political relations between Iran and Azerbaijan.
In this telephone conversation, Shahin Mustafayev congratulated Eid al-Adha in advance, and while expressing his satisfaction with the improvement of relations between the two countries, he emphasized the development of economic cooperation.
Further, the two sides discussed other areas of cooperation within the Joint Economic Commission, including transportation, transit, water, energy, etc.
In September 2022, following the first trilateral meeting of Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia dedicated to the prospects of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) in Baku, the parties signed a trilateral statement for the development of the INSTC.
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