In November, representatives of Russia, Iran and India will consider a draft of the international transport corridor "North-South" with a length of 7.2 thousand. kilometers. It is planned that the new route will be an alternative to the Suez Canal, through which the main volume of freight is now passing..
North-South will reduce the cost and delivery time by 30-40%, according to television channel Press TV. The project will involve railway and water transport.. It is planned that goods from India will be delivered to the city of Bandar Abbas on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, then to the city of Bandar Enzeli on the coast of the Caspian Sea, from there - by sea to Astrakhan and then by trains to Europe. The annual turnover of the new corridor is estimated at 20-30 million tons of cargo.