Iran, Kazakhstan boost trade relations with new railway network
Kazakhstan is a strong ally of Iran, and has helped the Islamic Republic circumvent sanctions.
Iran and Kazakhstan are continuing to develop their economic ties.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited Tehran yesterday where he met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini and President Ebrahim Raisi. During the visit, Raisi and Tokayev inaugurated a railway network running from Kazakhstan to Iran and onto Turkey. The purpose of the railway is to facilitate Kazakhstan’s exports to Europe, and a Kazakh freighter left Tehran for Turkey yesterday to this end, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
