Russia, within the framework of the North-South corridor, plans to build roads, as well as the modernization of railways and checkpoints with Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and China for unhindered movement of goods and goods, Russian Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation told the Russian Channel 24 Alexey Overchuk, Russian media write.
In addition, he announced plans to build 160 km of the railway between the border of Azerbaijan and the Iranian city of Rasht, which will give Russia to the Iranian ports of the Persian Gulf.
“We are planning the reconstruction of the railway, in fact the construction of 160 missing kilometers between the border of Azerbaijan and the Iranian city of Ris. If we finish it, then we will actually have a railway exit to the Iranian ports of the Persian Gulf, and this is already access to India, Pakistan, Pakistan Africa, the Middle East, ”said Overchuk.