Alexey Overchuk: freight traffic across Russian-Azerbaijani border increases by 13%

Azerbaijan, Russia, and Iran need to develop a harmonized transport infrastructure, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said at a trilateral meeting between Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran in Baku.

"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," Overchuk said.

He noted that 176,761 international transport vehicles crossed the Russian-Azerbaijani section of the state border in the first half of 2025.

"The volume of cargo traffic increased by 13% and amounted to 680 million tons," Overchuk said.

According to the official, this exceeds last year's figures by 10%

The PM noted that Azerbaijan, Russia, and Iran are working on multimodal container service technologies as part of the Western route of the North-South international transport corridor.

"Satellite measurements and levelling works are being conducted, and results are currently being processed. Within the framework of the Western route, the rail networks of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran are working together to implement multimodal container service technologies," Overchuk said.