Iran proposes transit corridor to link all SCO members

The Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber addressed the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCo) member states on October 26 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 

In his speech, he expressed Iran's readiness to provide transit opportunities to SCO member states for the North-South and East-West corridors.

The First Vice President of Iran called the development of transport corridors a top priority for cooperation.

"Iran is ready to create a comprehensive transit corridor to connect the member countries of SCO. In line with that goal, it has already taken important steps in the form of the North-South Corridor, which, with its full realization, the commercial and economic access from South and East Asia to the countries of Central Asia, Caucasus, Russia, Black Sea and Europe will be facilitated."

"Iran is a territory of transit and logistics opportunities. In this regard, we are ready to create a transit corridor for the accession of SCO member countries," Mokhber also said.

The First Vice President also spoke about the need to create East-West corridor.

These two transport routes will allow establishing trade between the countries of South/Southeast Asia, the countries of Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia, the Black Sea and Europe, he added.

At the start of his speech, Mokhber condemned the Zionist Israeli regime's onslaught in Gaza, stressing that "an immediate end to the killing of the oppressed people, send humanitarian aid and lifting the blockade on Gaza," must be put on any agenda of international bodies.