Asian transport confab opens in Birjand

The opening ceremony on Monday was attended by Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iran’s Minister of Road and Transportation Ali Nikzad and a group of state officials.

In addition to Iranian officials, transportation ministers from regional countries as well as Iran’s ambassadors to Southeast and Central Asian nations are present at the event.

The most prominent foreign guests of the conference include transportation ministers of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Oman, India and Central Asian states.

Ambassadors of Iran’s neighboring countries as well as those of the Central Asian states, China, India and Oman are also participating in the conference.

Land transportation infrastructures, international trade corridors, special and free economic zones, maritime and air transportation, as well as trade and exports in the East are the major topics at the event.

East Axis is a transit route which starts from Iran’s southern port city of Chabahar and reaches Central Asia after running through the Iranian cities of Zahedan, Birjand, Torbat Heidariyeh, and Mashhad. It is the sole transportation corridor connecting Central Asia and Afghanistan to free waters.

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