In an interview, Alireza Peyman Pak, referring to the economic benefits of the Caspian Economic Forum, said: The Second Caspian Economic Summit was held in the presence of the First Vice President and Prime Ministers of 4 countries bordering the The Caspian sea.
Deputy Minister Samet continued: In this meeting, joint and one-to-one meetings were held and various issues were raised and good ideas and agreements were reached in the field of energy cooperation, exchange discussions and joint investments.
Peyman Pak, referring to the debates raised in the field of the development of trade relations, transit and transport, recognized: the issue of transport is one of the important challenges of the coastal countries of the Caspian, and given the crises that exist in the world, the issue of transit and transport Goods is one of the most important debates of the Caspian Sea countries, and in these meetings, the role of Iran in the North-South corridor in the area of ​​transit was highlighted and discussed.
He underlined the emphasis placed by these countries on the development of trade relations and added: the chambers of commerce of these countries had serious meetings and negotiations among themselves; In addition, the First Vice President held several meetings with business officials and economic activists, governors and presidents of the Russian Federation, and we came to a good conclusion on climate and environmental issues.
According to this official, in general, good agreements have been reached in the Caspian Economic Forum, and we hope to follow these agreements until they reach the final result and the economic benefits become tangible.
The head of the Trade Development Organization in response to the question that there was a discussion on the idea of ​​creating a common free zone? He added: The initial idea was put forward by First Vice-President Mokhbar Dezfuli to create a joint free zone, so we continued negotiations with the Russians in this regard, and if other countries along the sea Caspian want to join us, we will discuss and consider his request. Also, our business membership in the Eurasian Free Zone has been finalized and we will join there soon.
Kazakhstan and Russia are members in this region of the Caspian Sea country, so Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan can join these regional agreements.
He said there was no serious discussion on the common currency, and added: The creation of financial and banking mechanisms based on national currencies has been discussed with Iran, and as those responsible for the Central Bank were also present at these meetings, specialized discussions were held. focusing on the elimination of the dollar and the euro Doing business on the basis of the common currency of the two countries.
Peyman Pak, in response to the question, was there a discussion of the possible dangers of the Zangzor Corridor that Azerbaijan may create for Iran? He added: I was present in the trade and economic talks, and that is a political issue, and Foreign Ministry officials can comment on that.
 

Indicating Iran's continued serious business activities in the Caspian trade region, Deputy Minister Samat added, "We are carrying out serious activities to create a market and develop international infrastructure such as preferential tariffs and agreements. of self-service and logistics, but the important thing is that for this market, how many Hundred billion dollars of goods should be produced so that the regulation of the internal market is not disturbed.

He explained the completion of the Rasht-Astara railway: a detailed meeting was organized by the Deputy Minister of Roads in the economic forum of the countries bordering the Sea of Khorez and good agreements were reached.

In fact, he attended these meetings with the aim of solving the Inche Bron - Garmsar and Rasht - Astara transit issues, and as far as I know good agreements were reached in this regard.