The company has
stopped work on electrification of the Garmsar - Inche Burun line and closes a
branch in Tehran, it informed.
MOSCOW, April 2.
/TASS/. Russian Railways (RZD) has ceased implementation of infrastructure
projects in Iran, press release of the holding said on Thursday. The Iranian
side has been notified, the company noted.
In this regard, RZD
International, which is in charge of the holding's foreign projects, has
stopped work on electrification of the Garmsar - Inche Burun line and closes a
branch in Tehran.
"JSC RZD
[Russian Railways] expresses confidence that withdrawal of RZD International
from the Garmsar - Inche Bourun Project shall not affect the partnership
between Russian Railways and Iranian Railways, which is carried out first of
all in the field of international logistics including the International North -
South Transport Corridor development," the company wrote in a statement.
Russian Railways
continues to implement projects in India, Serbia and Cuba. The company is
engaged in construction of railway infrastructure, electrification of lines,
creation of dispatch centers.
Source: ITAR-TASS
02-04-2020
