The statement added that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been instructed to notify Iran of its agreement to Turkmenistan’s accession to the Agreement.
Earlier, Turkmenistan announced plans to join the project, according to the Director General of the Transport and Communications Agency of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers, Mamitkhan Kev, work is under way in this direction, and it was also noted that due to its geographical location, Turkmenistan plays an important role in the development of global supply chains.
The intergovernmental convention on the establishment of a North-South multimodal transport corridor was signed by Russia, India and Iran in 2000, and the list of participants was expanded to 14 States.