Multimodal container service technologies are being developed by Azerbaijan, Russia, and Iran as part of the Western route, as Azerbaijan’s news outlet Trend quoted Overchuk.

He thanked Iran for finding the opportunity to come with a representative delegation.

He also expressed his gratitude to all sides for the joint work on the development of the Western route of the North-South International Transport Corridor.

Overchuk noted that Azerbaijan, Russia, and Iran are working together on issues related to increasing the capacity of road border crossing points.

An agreement signed in 2023 with Iran on the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway section is being implemented, he said.

As part of the Western route of the North-South corridor, the railways of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran are working on multimodal container service technologies, he added.