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Iran delays realization of North-South project

28 June 2012 16:02 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ali Ahmedov â€“ APA-Economics. Iranâ€™s inactivity in the realization of North-South Railway Project delays this process.

Russian Minister of Transport Valery Okulov told APA-Economics that, although Russia and Azerbaijan solved all organizational issues, Iran was inactive in this process: â€œLaw defining documents for establishment of trilateral joint enterprise were adopted in Azerbaijan and Russia, advisor to realize assessment of project and making of feasibility study was selected. Bu we see that, our Iranian counterparts are inactiveâ€.

Azerbaijani side noted that, construction of Azerbaijani part of railway could be completed in two years. According to Okulov, this term is useful and real: â€œbut construction must start. For construction, weâ€™ve to settle the issues with Iranian counterpartsâ€.

Okulov did not comment the reasons and also did not exclude that, this would be related with political issues.

Deputy Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Gurban Nazirov maintained that Iran delayed this project. According to him, after trilateral contract, Azerbaijan and Russia completed that preparatory works on establishment of join venture. But Iran did not complete this work.

â€œWhen we ask the reasons, they say we think, we decide. There is no concrete answerâ€. He also noted that, this could be related with political issues.