Iran & 6 Countries Agree on New Transit Corridor to Central Europe

Iran and six countries have reached preliminary agreement on creating a new transit corridor, connecting Iran to Central Europe. Head of Transit and Terminals Department of the Islamic Republic of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization, Mohammad Javad Atrchian, said that Iran has negotiated with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece to create the corridor and has reached preliminary agreement with the six countries.

A cooperation document has been recently signed by Iran and Greece for further studies on the project, he said. Based on the plan, trucks can reach the Black Sea through passing the countries and then go to Bulgaria and Greece using Roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ships, he noted.

Also, trucks that are heading toward Italy can start from southern Greece port and use ro-ro ships, he added.

The new corridor will be a parallel route for Turkey’s route to Europe, Atrchian said, hoping transport ministers of the mentioned countries would endorse the creation of the corridor by next year.- Trend