Iranian President Hassan Rouhani�s Chief of Staff Mohammad Nahavandian[/caption]Tehran, Dec 5, IRNA � Chief of Staffs of Presidential Office Mohammad Nahavandian said here Thursday that the recent opening of Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railway is the revival of the ancient Silk Road.
�Kazakhstan, for instance, is an exporter of metallic mine stones to Iran and connection of this railway provides a golden opportunity for that country to lower the price of its stone exports, while a part of iron stone processing can be done in Iran, creating more job opportunities,� he said.
He also referred to the establishment of Incheh Borun Free Zone (IBFZ) by the side of the route of the Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railway that will boost the Iran-Turkmenistann-Kazakhstan trade transaction.
Iranian, Turkmen and Kazakh Presidents met and conferred in Inche Borun railway station on Wednesday in a landmark ceremony to celebrate putting into operation of joint railway networks.
President Hassan Rouhani and his counterparts from Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and from Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited a cultural, arts and handicrafts exhibition set up on the sidelines of the ceremony.
The three presidents also attended a joint news conference after the ceremony.
By IRNA
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