Iran and Azerbaijan  agreed to force the draft of the Rasht-Astara  railway

ArmInfo. Economy ministers of Iran and  Azerbaijan, Farhad Dezhpasand and Shahin Mostafayev, agreed on the  eve of concluding bilateral monetary, financial and banking  agreements, on developing joint economic cooperation, and in  particular on completing the North-South corridor. 

About this reports the agency IRNA.Referring to the inadequate speed  of implementation of some joint projects between Iran and Azerbaijan,  including the final stages of the Resht-Astara railway project,  Dezhpasand proposed to create a delegation to monitor the  implementation of agreements signed between the two countries, which  was welcomedthe Azerbaijani side. 

At this meeting, the Iranian minister also called for the conclusion  of a bilateral monetary and financial agreement and the development  of banking cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan, saying: "Our  cooperation in this should correspond to the level of political  relations between the two countries." The Azerbaijani Minister of  Economy also welcomed the proposals of the Iranian side on the  monetary and banking agreement and expressed readiness to complete  the remaining parts of the Resht-Astara railway project.