BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 13. Azerbaijan,
Russia, and Iran need to develop a harmonized transport
infrastructure, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Alexei Overchuk said at a trilateral meeting between Azerbaijan,
Iran, and Russia in Baku, Trend reports.
He noted that, based on data from the Federal Customs Service of
Russia, 176,761 international transport vehicles crossed the
Russian-Azerbaijani section of the state border in the first half
of 2025.
“This exceeds last year’s figures by 10 percent. The volume of
cargo traffic increased by 13 percent and amounted to 680 million
tons,” Overchuk said.
Overchuk also stressed that the further development of the
western route of the North-South international transport corridor
requires joint work to expand bottlenecks and remove existing
barriers.
“To increase the attractiveness of the western route of the
North-South international transport corridor, we need to develop a
harmonized transport infrastructure between Russia, Azerbaijan, and
Iran and create equal conditions for all conscientious carriers
when crossing state borders. The joint work of Russia, Azerbaijan,
and Iran to strengthen transport connectivity is a key element in
the development of our good-neighborly relations and growing trade
ties.
We have a lot of interesting work ahead of us aimed at forming a
common commodity market with barrier-free logistics and harmonized
rules.
We are creating the best competitive conditions for commodity
producers and exporters in our countries. This work will result in
additional opportunities for our economies to expand, new jobs to
be created, incomes to rise, and people’s lives to improve,” he
said.
