Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi along with with Afghan Urban Construction Minister Seyyed Saadat Mansur Naderi reviewed the issues about connecting the Iran-Afghanistan railway networks, IRNA news agency informs.
Akhundi said that Kwaf-Herat railway will soon be put to use and that in order to make best use of this railway it is necessary for it to be connected to the railways of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and China, the railway of the Silk Road through the southern coasts of Iran to China will be completed.
The Iranian minister focused on Iran-Afghanistan border trade, asserting that its volume is vey high, particularly in the north of Doqarun border, and in Mahirud border near Birjand, requiring construction of roads by a joint team of the two countries.
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