The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the National Logistics and Transportation Exhibition of Uzbekistan, focused on the Trans-Afghan Railway project.

The Afghanistan Railway Authority released a statement noting that a delegation led by Eng. Mirwais Ghafuri, Senior Advisor to the Afghanistan Railway Authority, participated in the exhibition.

The meeting involved discussions with representatives from Uzbekistan and Pakistan regarding the Trans-Afghan Railway project.

The statement also mentioned that the meeting included a detailed report provided by an international company related to attracting investments for this project, along with suggestions for improvements.

The railway officials from the three countries decided that practical work on various aspects of the project would commence until the amendment and finalization of the report.

In addition, the Afghan Railway Authority’s team at the Uzbekistan National Logistics and Transport Exhibition held discussions with officials from companies in the transportation and logistics sector.

They addressed issues such as containerization, railcar manufacturing, and other technical matters.

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The secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Free Zones discussed and held talks with the officials of the free and special economic zones of Uzbekistan about the establishment of a joint free zone between the two countries.

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The Fourth Meeting of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan will be held in Uzbekistan, Samarkand City, on Thursday.

The special envoys from the neighbouring countries, including Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, will come together in Samarkand City to discuss ways of evolving a regional strategy for dealing with Afghanistan’s current situation.

According to a statement by Chinese officials, Foreign Minister Qin Gang will lead the Chinese delegation for the fourth foreign ministers’ meeting of neighbouring countries of Afghanistan.

On the other hand, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani Khar, will lead the Pakistani delegation in the meeting, a statement said on Wednesday.

On March 31, 2022, the third regional conference was held in the Chinese city of Tunxi.

Participants in the Third Conference agreed that developing coordination and cooperation are crucial to assisting Afghanistan’s interim government in carrying out its duties, exceeding those of the international community, particularly its neighbours, and helping Afghanistan achieve peace, stability, and economic recovery.

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Dozens of cooperation documents were signed among Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan tour agencies on the sidelines of a regional tourism development forum held in the Tajik capital.

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As Iran and Uzbekistan are going to hold meetings of the Cooperation Joint Commission during the presidential visit, a total of 18 documents and memoranda of cooperation will be signed between the two states, Gholamhossein Esmaeili said.

He also noted that Raisi is scheduled to hold separate meetings with his counterparts from Russia, China, India and other countries taking part in the SCO summit.

While the generalities of the process of Iran’s accession to the SCO have been approved last year, the main document on Iran’s membership in the SCO will be signed by the foreign ministers of the member states this year, he noted.

After signing its first memorandum of obligations at the upcoming summit in Samarkand, Iran’s accession to the full membership of the organization will be finalized by April 2023.

The Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance was formed in 2001 by Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan at a summit held in Shanghai.

China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, India, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are its current full members. The Islamic Republic of Iran was accepted as a main member of the SCO by the vote of all member states at the conclusion of the 21st summit in Dushanbe in September 2021.

The organization accounts for 40 percent of the world’s population and 28 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP).

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According to IRICA Director of Transit Bureau Mostafa Ayati, the trans-Afghan corridor was activated after trucks left Iran for Uzbekistan as a part of a pilot project.

“For the first time, two trucks set off from Iran’s Shaheed Rajaee Port to the destination of Uzbekistan, using Afghanistan as a link route,” Ayati said.

He added that the transit route is a low-cost project which can play a key role in boosting trade and economic cooperation in the region.

In 2009, the three countries agreed to join forces and build the transport corridor as part of efforts to facilitate trade among nations in the region.

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In a videoconference with Uzbekistan’s Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Umurzakov Sardor Uktamovich on Saturday, Mohammad Nahavandian said the relations between Tehran and Tashkent have been growing rapidly in various fields.

The trade exchanges between Iran and Uzbekistan rose by 40 percent in 2019, Nahavandian said, stressing that such progress would benefit the interests of the two nations and the region.

He further called for efforts to compensate for a decline in economic interaction after the outbreak of the coronavirus, saying the two nations can resort to various options to make up for the decrease.

The vice president also noted that Iranian experts are prepared to provide Uzbekistan with technical and engineering services.

For his part, the Uzbek minister described Iran as a major partner of his country, saying Tashkent has plans to strengthen ties with Tehran in the transportation industry.

The two sides agreed on the launch of talks about the extension of a preferential trade agreement, and decided to hold Iran-Uzbekistan Joint Commission in the second half of 2020 in Tehran.

In a telephone conversation in May, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed ways to enhance the bilateral ties and cooperation amid the global fight against the COVID-19 crisis.

They also discussed the ways to boost the bilateral relations between Iran and Uzbekistan in various fields, including politics, economy, trade, transportation, and communications.

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