30.08.2023
Artikel Nummer: 46193
Iran corridor opens for Russia - Saudi rail transit
Russia is seeking to develop the 7,200 km long international north–south transport corridor (INSTC) connecting countries like India, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan via railways and sea. Now, the first rail cargo has set off from Russia to Saudi Arabia via Iran, as the Iran chamber of commerce reports.
Last Sunday (27.8.2023), the maiden transit train hauling 36 containers entered Iran for the first time from Russia through Iran’s Incheh Borun rail border near Turkmenistan and headed to the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.
Here, the cargo is transhipped onto large vessels to be dispatched to Jeddah Port in Saudi Arabia. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume diplomatic relations in March 2023. (ben)