Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the first rail link between the two countries in the inauguration ceremony via video conferencing on Thursday (December 10), Iran's state TV reported.
This rail link offers landlocked Afghanistan a freight connection through Iran to Central Asia, Turkey, Europe, and the Persian Gulf.
Iran's Khaf city to Afghanistan's Herat city has been connected through the line.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, addressing the ceremony via video link, welcomed the move as an "important step for economic revival and development in both the countries".
The project was a gateway to Europe for Afghanistan, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
"I see the prosperity of Iran and Afghanistan in this railway," he said, also speaking via video link from Tehran."The development, security and stability of Afghanistan (contributes to) development, security and stability in Iran and the entire region." Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com
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