ArmInfo. Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister, co-chairman of the State Commission for Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran in the economic, trade and humanitarian sectors Shahin Mustafayev held a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran.
According to Turan, the Parties stressed the importance of implementing the agreements on the establishment of new communications in Nakhichevan through Iran from the territory of Artsakh, which came under Azerbaijani control as a result of the 44-day war.
Issues of developing ties in the economic, trade, transport, humanitarian and other sectors were also discussed.
Mustafayev and Abdollahian exchanged views on issues of regional cooperation of mutual interest.
Earlier, on March 11, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Mustafayev and Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rustam Ghasimi signed a Memorandum of Understanding on establishing new communication links through Iran.
The document provides for the establishment of a new transport artery that will connect Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan. The corridor through Iran will consist of a railway line, a multi-lane highway, power lines, digital communications and other elements.
"Communications will run 5 kilometers south of the Iranian-Armenian border. This route will become an alternative option for the so-called Zangezur corridor, which should pass through Armenia. The Armenian side is delaying work in this direction and for this reason Azerbaijan has reached an agreement with Iran," the source reports.