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The Alashankou Border Crossing, Xinjiang, PRC. Photo courtesy of ERINA, Japan.

Turkmenistan-Iran railway to be completed by October

Iran's part of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran will be completed by October, Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said during a briefing at the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan. Araghchi noted that Iran pays great importance to the project, and will do its best to complete its part of the road by October.The overall length of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway is 900 kilometers (Iran - 70 kilometers, Turkmenistan 700 kilometers and Kazakhstan - 130 kilometers). (Tehran Times)

 

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