Tehran, YJC. The Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railroad will be inaugurated within the next few days.
The
launching ‘indicates that anti-Iran sanctions have had no bearing on the
regional nations’ enthusiasm for taking the opportunity to cooperate with
Tehran, an Iranian official stated.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran’s strategy is to
promote and boost regional security, and the cruel sanctions have had no impact
on the regional countries’ inclination to cooperate with Iran,” Parviz Esmaili,
the communication deputy head of Iran's presidential office, said on Monday.
He was referring to the Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan
railroad which is due to come into service on December 3, Tasnim news agency
reports.
The railroad will officially open in
a ceremony to be attended by the heads of state of Iran, Turkmenistan and
Kazakhstan.
"The 920-km route, known as the
railroad North-South Corridor, starts from the city of Zhanaozen in Kazakhstan
and comes to halt in the (Iranian) city of Gorgan in Golestan province. Some 85
kilometers lie on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s soil, 700 km in Turkmenistan
and 140 km in Kazakhstan,” the official explained.
The new railroad will link the
Central Asian countries to the Persian Gulf waters, and will facilitate cargo
shipment in the region and shorten the North-South corridor some 600
kilometers, he pointed out.