Iran’s ambassador to Russia announced that Tehran and Moscow have agreed to form their first joint maritime transport consortium.
Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador to Russia, wrote on Sunday on the social media platform X that an agreement between Iran and Russia has been reached to establish the first joint maritime transport consortium. He added that this agreement is the result of meetings held on November 6–7 in Makhachkala between the heads of the ports and maritime organization, senior government officials, and the directors of major related private-sector companies from both countries.
According to Pars Today, he added that during this event, the structure and framework of the consortium were agreed upon, and it was decided that the details and official text would be negotiated, drafted, and finalized within a maximum of one month.
Jalali emphasized that the consortium will pursue the strategic objective of broadly expanding trade, transit, and multimodal transportation between the two countries.
