Azerbaijan's economy minister to visit Iran on May 25th

Azerbaijan's economy minister Shahin Mustafayev is to pay a visit to Iran on May 25th, Trend cites Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak Ayeen as saying.

He said Mahmoud Vaezi, minister of communications and information technology of Iran, co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission, invited Shahin Mustafayev to Qazvin city to get familiar with the development of Qazvin-Rasht-Astara railway.

This route is projected to connect Persian Gulf to Russia and Black Sea through Azerbaijan.

Vaezi told Trend on April 24th that Azerbaijan agreed to open a $500 million credit line to finance the Rasht-Astara railway project.