Iran, Tajikistan Sign MoU on Railway Cooperation

(IRIB World Service) — The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding in Dushanbe concerning technical studies on how to connect Tajikistan’s railway network to that of Iran via Afghanistan.

After signing the MoU, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki spoke to reporters, and expressed hope that all parties involved and technical experts will soon begin to implement the project.

According to Mottaki, the proposed connecting railway will link rail networks in China, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan to Iran’s railway network, and the entire system will be linked to other countries through the port city of Chah Bahar, in south eastern Iran, on the shores of the Sea of Oman.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the OIC foreign ministerial summit in Dushanbe.
Source: IRIB – English Radio, 2010-05-19