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Azerbaijan seeking to develop relations with Iran

mahla — Tue, 18 May 2021 12:10:33 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Azerbaijan Republic seeking to develop relations with Iran. Consul General of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tabriz said that his country is determined to develop and expand its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all areas.

Naghi Hosseinov made the remarks in his meeting with East Azarbaijan province Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs Ali Jahangiri on Tuesday.

“The Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan has allocated funds for the reconstruction of these areas [Karabakh region] in order to provide the necessary infrastructure for the presence of powerful foreign companies in these areas,” he said,

Stating that various road, rail and air routes are currently under construction in Nagorno-Karabakh, he added, these areas have a large capacity in the field of solar and hydropower.

“To rebuild Karabakh, we are looking for the presence of large global companies to do the biggest and most unique projects in this region,” Hosseinov said.

Ali Jahangiri, for his part, pointed to the cultural commonalities between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, saying, “These commonalities are the basis for strengthening our relations and cooperation with the Republic of Azerbaijan.”

Referring to the national will of Iran and Azerbaijan to strengthen relations in various fields, he added, “Iran’s East Azerbaijan province has many grounds for expanding cooperation with the Republic of Azerbaijan.”

Reconstruction of Karabakh lands is a good opportunity for the development of economic relations between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, he noted, adding, “Participation in the reconstruction of Karabakh will play an important role in strengthening regional ties and economic development.”

The strong presence of Iranian companies in the reconstruction of Karabakh is a good opportunity to develop economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, Jahangiri highlighted.

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Azerbaijan appreciate electricity link with Russia, Iran

reporter 1222 — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 06:00:10 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Monday that the Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran electricity corridor has vast potentials for energy cooperation among the three neighbors.

In an interview with Russia-24 TV Network, Aliyev said, “Azerbaijan and Russia cooperate in emergency electric power supply… and we constructed new electricity transmission lines with Iran.”

“Therefore, the electricity power energy is active among Azerbaijan, Iran, and Russia,” Aliyev said.

He added that the countries’ energy ministers will discuss collaboration in the field.

The Azerbaijan Republic is currently exporting electricity to Georgia, Turkey and the European states, Aliyev recalled.

Azerbaijan has also established a new line for transferring electricity with Iran. Therefore, the electricity corridor is currently in operation among Iran, Russia, and Turkey, he said.

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Caspian Sea littoral states attend 1st tourism forum

reporter 1222 — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 06:51:34 +0000

The representatives of the five Caspian Sea littoral states, namely Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Russia attended the event, which was held at the Peace House Forum of the Kazakh capital.

Heading a high-ranking delegation, Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Iran Vali Teymouri took part in the two-day meeting.

At the meeting, Iran’s proposal for signing a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate group travel was welcomed by the members and it was planned to include Iran in the list of countries receiving e-visas after examinations.

Regarding the Islamic Republic’s potentials in the tourism sector, Teymouri urged other participants to create a new space for tourism in the Caspian region through outlining multilateral and bilateral approaches between these countries and the Islamic Republic of Iran to help promote the regional tourism industry.

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North-South Corridor Working Group to be set up between Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia

reporter 1222 — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 07:30:54 +0000

This meeting was held in Russia’s Sochi port, attended by Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei and Minister of North Caucasus Affairs of the Russian Federation.

This trilateral meeting was held in order to study various dimensions and issues of North-South Corridor as well as provision of its activation road map.

It should be noted that Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami, Russia’s Minister of Transport Yevgeny Dietrich and Transport Minister of Republic of Azerbaijan Ramin Gholizadeh discussed about customs, rail and road issues on North-South Corridor.

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Iran’s East Azarbaijan province expands ties with neighbors

reporter 1222 — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:10:14 +0000

“The president has pointed to imports of necessary and sanctioned goods through border markets,” he said.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has recently visited East Azarbaijan province and inaugurated multiple projects in different sectors in the northwestern province of Iran.

“In addition to trade ties with regional countries, Aras Free Zone in East Azarbaijan Province has facilitated our economic trade with the neighboring countries and fortunately our needs for imports of livestock and necessary goods has been provided via the free zones,” he added.

“Iran has imported meat and livestock feed such as corn and soy alongside sugar from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) via the East Azarbaijan Province,” Pour-Mohammadi said.

“We import major part of our needs from Turkey and Azerbaijan and have good amount of exports to these countries as well,” he indicated.

“East Azerbaijan mostly exports agricultural goods to Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said.

“Although sanctions created obstacles, but the exports of Iranian textile and industrial goods have increased since they are affordable,” he noted.

“Now, many of our textile factories are re-opening. Sanctions are goods in a way that we’re self-sufficient and provide our needs domestically,” he added.

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Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan summit to be held at better time: official

reporter 1222 — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 04:30:37 +0000

A summit between the presidents of Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan, Hassan Rouhani, Vladimir Putin, and Ilham Aliyev which was scheduled for Wednesday in Russia’s Sochi has been postponed due to technical reasons.

The Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for communications and information, Parviz Esmaeili, said Tuesday that the tripartite summit will be held “at a more appropriate time”.

According to Esmaeili, the summit will discuss all the aspects of trilateral cooperation in various economic fields as well as regional communications.

The summit will conclude with a joint statement issued by the leaders of the three countries.

The first summit in this format was held in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku in August 2016, at the initiative of the Azerbaijani leader. The last summit between Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan was held on November 1, 2017 in Tehran.

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Pres. Rouhani to visit Sochi

reporter 1222 — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 10:50:52 +0000

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will travel to Russia at the weekend at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to participate at Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan summit which is going to be held on 14 August 2019 in Sochi, Russia.

The participants of the summit will discuss all the aspects of trilateral cooperation in various economic fields as well as regional communications. The leaders of the three countries will also issue a joint statement.

Iranian President will also have separate meetings with Presidents of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the sidelines of the Sochi Summit on the mutual interest and bilateral relations.

The first Iran-Russia-Azerbaijan summit was held in August 2016 in Baku and the 2nd tripartite summit was held in Tehran in November 2017.

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Iranian firms expanding economic activities in Azerbaijan

reporter 1222 — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:30:08 +0000

The remarks were made at the meetings between senior Iranian officials and Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev during his visit to Iran on Monday.

The sides stressed that there is a huge potential in expanding ties in the field of transport, energy, industry, health care, agriculture, ICT, tourism and other spheres. One of the important fields of interaction between Azerbaijan and Iran are transport and transit, in particular, the development of the North-South international transport corridor.

It was noted that the expansion of cooperation in the transport sector will help strengthen the transport-transit and trade-economic potential of Azerbaijan and Iran along with an increase in the volume of cargo transportation.

During the meetings, the sides stressed the launch of a pilot e-TIR project, which envisages full carrying out of transit operations in e-form between the two countries to improve the operation of border checkpoints.

Azerbaijan and Iran are also working on joint projects in the field of engineering, pharmaceuticals and the food industry.

The Azerbaijani delegation held the meetings with Head of the Iranian presidential administration Mahmoud Vaezi, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Co-chair of Azerbaijan-Iran intergovernmental joint commission Farhad Dejpasand, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami and other heads of the Iranian ministries and agencies.

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Iran, Azerbaijan stress boosting economic ties

reporter 1222 — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 06:50:53 +0000

During the meeting, Vaezi hailed the growing relations between the two countries in various political, economic and cultural fields, saying “Iran-Azerbaijan ties have developed further despite the US sanctions.”

The Iranian official expressed hope that the bilateral relations between Iran and Azerbaijan would further develop and highlighted the need for efforts to help promote the economic ties.

Connecting the two countries’ railways, linking their national electrical grids, developing customs cooperation as well as expanding trade, sport and tourism ties, are among the efforts made by Tehran and Baku to expand their relations, Vaezi noted.

He added that Tehran and Baku have also good cooperation in pharmaceutical, car manufacturing and joint investments, and share many common stances on regional and international issues.

Vaezi, who is in in Azerbaijan to provide the grounds for next week’s trilateral summit by Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran on Syria’s peace process, also thanked the Azeri officials for rescuing the crew of a sunken Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea.

Mustafayev, for his part, referred to the the growing number of Iranian companies in Azerbaijan over the past two years and stressed the need to raise the annual trade volume between the two countries.

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Iranian naval squadron on way to Azerbaijan for Int. Army Games

reporter 1222 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 06:01:44 +0000

The Iranian squadron, including two missile cruisers, namely Peykan and Jowshan, will vie against the naval teams from Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

The International Army Games, introduced by Russia, will hold its fifth edition from August 3-17 in ten countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.

The annual competitions are aimed at defining the strongest military specialists from Russia and foreign countries in 32 military contests, with more than 6,000 participants expected, according to the event’s website.

44 Iranian marines were sent to Russia on Sunday to take part in another section of the competition.

According to Brigadier General Kamal Peyambari, head of the Physical Education Office at the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Iran will be hosting two contests of this year’s competitions, namely the ‘Depth’ contest on Kish Island and ‘Road Patrol’ contest hosted by the police force of Parand city.

“We will take part with 13 teams of 308 specialists in 13 different contests, and send ‘observers’ to 12 contests of the Army Games this year,” he added.

‘Depth’ contest, according to the event’s website, includes 7 stages such as water obstacle course; rescue on water; flange; welding; rendering first aid to the drowned; maintaining the life of the emergency vessel; and close space entry.

Russia, China, Venezuela, South Africa, Syria and Iran will take part at this section.

The ‘Road Patrol’ competitions include: Extreme driving with the execution of receptions contravariant training on the car; engineering by car on the established route; regulation of traffic with a baton regulator and hands; measurement of the total backlash car control; wheel replacement; extreme parallel car parking; and military-technical relay race (team race).

Last year, the Iranian teams gained one gold, one silver and four bronze medals in various contests and stood at the fifth place after Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

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