Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Friday that decisions on developing the North-South Transport Corridor, made during the trilateral meeting of Iranian, Azerbaijani and Russian leaders in Baku, were positive.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � On August 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian and Azerbaijani counterparts, Hassan Rouhani and Ilham Aliyev respectively, held a meeting in�Baku. The presidents of�the three countries managed to�discuss a wide range of�international issues, as�well as�certain issues of�regional cooperation.

"I would like�to say that the very good decisions on�developing transit and the international North-South Transport Corridor were made during�meetings between�our presidents in�both bilateral and trilateral formats in�Baku," Zarif said during�the meeting with�Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

He also expressed hope that the reached agreements would be implemented. The North-South Transport Corridor project aims to�reduce the costs and the time of�ship, rail and road deliveries to�and from�Russia, India, Iran, Azerbaijan and other countries located along�the route.

Rouhani proposed to�hold the next trilateral meeting in�Iran. Transport, energy and foreign ministers of�the three countries are expected to�hold a meeting in�Tehran as�part of�the preparations for�the event.

By Sputnik