Kazakhstan & Iran intend to increase the volume of bilateral trade fivefold - H.Rouhani
15:00, 9 September 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan and Iran intend to increase trade turnover fivefold, this was stated by Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran during bilateral talks in Akorda.
Iranian President noted that to increase mutual trade turnover, Kazakhstan and Iran should intensify cooperation in various fields including in energy and transport. "With the launch of the new railway (Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Persian Gulf) Kazakhstan will annually deliver about 5 million tons of goods to the southern region of our country", said H. Rouhani.