In a meeting with Iran's RAI Managing Director Mohsen Poursaeed-Aqaei on Thursday, Renato Mazzoncini, the CEO of the Italian Railway company has announced its readiness to supply assistance to the Iranian railways for both high-speed trains, and a complete program for training personnel.
During the meeting, RAI Managing Director Mohsen Poursaeed-Aqaei also introduced the countrys railroad and rail projects, and stressed on their importance.
Referring to the importance of transit railway and its development in the country, Irans railway official announced its readiness to cooperate with Italy in all rail sectors.
On the other hand, Mazzoncini declared its readiness to cooperate with Irans railway in all fields, especially holding technical training courses, he also announced that Italys Railway Company will provide Iran with low interestratesloans.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (4th L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (4th R) attend a meeting of high-ranking delegations of Iran and Italy in Tehran on April 12, 2016.[/caption]It is worth mentioning that Irans president Hassan Rouhani and Italys Prime Minister signed documents for cooperationin variousfields, especially railway sector, on Tuesday.
Iran signed an agreement, including 5 billion euros in export credits from Italy, to expand and modernize its rail network during a meeting of traders chaired by Italy's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Graziano Delrio and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Akhoundi in Tehran on February.
Italy was one of Irans leading economic and trade partners before sanctions when annual exchanges amounted to 7 billion euros compared with $1.6 billion euros now.
