Russian specialists are already present in Iran and working on the Rasht-Astara railway project, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said.
"Our specialists are already present in Iran and working," Alexey Overchuk said, answering a TASS question about how long the construction of the road might take.
Earlier, Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said that the Rasht-Astara railway could be built no earlier than in 3-4 years.
In 2023, Russia and Iran signed an agreement to jointly build a 160-km section of the Rasht-Astara railroad, which will make it possible to connect overland sections of the North-South international transport corridor and boost the economic efficiency of the Trans-Caspian route.
Earlier reports said that the project's total cost is estimated at 1.6 bln euro.
