Iran, France to form joint consultancy working group on transportations

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Road and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi coffered on Friday with his French counterpart Elisabeth Borne on expansion of cooperation in transportation sector.

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24 June 2017

In the meeting, the two ministers mulled formation of a working group to examine expansion of cooperation in transportation sector, IRNA reported.
Iranian minister also discussed avenues to further broaden coopeaiton and ease implementation of the already signed contracts mainly sound implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
They also examined various grounds such as expansion of railroads, investment to finalize infrastructure projects in Iran, subway, monorail, airports and purchase of goods and equipment to renovate the country’s transportation fleet.
It is incumbent for European governments to take joint measures for more international coordination to implement the JCPOA, Akhoundi said.
He also called the impacts of internationally set of previous limits and boundaries to be lifted to help win trust of European companies in cooperating with Iran.
French transportation minister, for her part said that Paris is ready to speed up enforcement of the already signed agreements and also broaden cooperation for development of the road and urban sectors in Iran.
Iran’s Road and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi leading a delegation arrived in Paris on Friday to visit aviation exhibition.