Speaking on Thursday in Baku, Azerbaijan, Masoud Karbasian said that after completion of Astara-Astara railroad, which is close to completion, and Astara-Rasht, in north of Iran 'we can have good access to North Europe railroads, and Azerbaijan will be connected to the Persian Gulf'.
According to IRNA, he also said that the Iranian, Russian and Azeri presidents, Hassan Rouhani, Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliyev, will have a meeting in Tehran in the coming week.