Iran, Azerbaijan to start building historical rail bridge
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Iran and Azerbaijan are set to start building a historical bridge on April 20, Hossein Malek, the spokesman of Iran's ICT Ministry told Trend on April 19.
Iran's ICT Minister Mahmoud Vaezi will visit Azerbaijan on April 20 for a two-day stay, which includes attending the bricklaying ceremony.
Vaezi is also the Iranian co-head of the Iran-Azerbaijan economic cooperation commission and is leading a high-ranking delegation to Azerbaijan.
The bridge is a part of the North-South international transport corridor that connects Europe to India by passing through Azerbaijan and Iran, lessening shipment time from 40 to 14 days end-to-end.
Vaezi will also discuss with Azerbaijani side the implementation of a dozen of agreements signed between the two countries during an official visit to Tehran by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev earlier this year.
The sides will also sign two contracts during the Iranian delegation's visit, Malek said, refraining from providing details.
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