Azerbaijan offers Iran to create new border checkpoints

Azerbaijan offers Iran to create new border checkpoints with 24-hour schedule of work. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made this proposal at the eighth meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation on Monday, Mehr correspondent told Trend.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi called for the establishment of a joint bank, joint shipping companies, as well as opening credit lines.

Mammadyarov congratulated his counterpart on his appointment.

Today Tehran hosts the eighth meeting of the intergovernmental commission. Co-chairmen of the commission are the two countries' foreign ministers. It is expected to sign several documents on bilateral cooperation as a result of the meeting.


/Trend/