WANA (Dec 10) – Following the signing of new agreements between Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development and Belarus’s Minister of Industry, the two countries have launched a new phase of cooperation across road, rail, maritime, and air transport sectors—a move expected to strengthen the North–South Transport Corridor and enhance Iran’s role in Eurasian transit.

 

During talks in Tehran, both sides emphasized activating bilateral logistics capacities. Iran announced its readiness to allocate logistics facilities in southern ports and the Aprin dry port to Belarus and highlighted the eastern branch of the North–South Corridor—passing through Incheh Borun and Sarakhs—as a key rail route for cargo transit.

 

A draft memorandum of understanding on multimodal transport between Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization and Belarus’s Ministry of Transport has been finalized and is close to signature. Official figures show that over the past 11 months, 1,059 Iranian trucks and 123 Belarusian trucks operated on bilateral routes, while 1,500 bilateral transit permits and 250 third-country permits have been exchanged.

 

In the aviation sector, four weekly flights are planned, and Iran has expressed readiness to launch a direct air route between the two countries. Rail operations also face no restrictions for Belarusian wagons on Iran’s rail network.

 

Experts believe these developments could strengthen Iran’s position in regional transit while diversifying Belarus’s trade routes, further deepening economic ties between Tehran and Minsk within the framework of the North–South Corridor.

Iran and Belarus Enter a New Phase of Transit Cooperation. Social media / WANA News Agency

Iran and Belarus Enter a New Phase of Transit Cooperation. Social media / WANA News Agency