Azerbaijan and Iran have signed a protocol on cooperation on the completion of the Astara Terminal and the expansion of freight transport along the North–South International Transport Corridor following talks between the two countries’ railway authorities in Tehran.

An official with the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) has announced that the Tehran-Mashhad high-speed train is set to be launched by next week, News.az reports citing IRNA.

Baku and Tehran discussed the construction of a railway line linking Azerbaijan’s East Zangezur region and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic through Iran.