TEHRAN, April 20 – RIA Novosti. Tehran is ready to provide Baku medical equipment to combat the coronavirus, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.
“We are ready, if necessary, to provide friendly Azerbaijan needed to combat the coronavirus equipment,” said Rouhani, published on its website reports on the conversation.
In his turn, Aliyev welcomed the proposal to use the experience of Iran in combating coronavirus.
the First case of coronavirus infection in Azerbaijan was detected in late February, a Russian citizen who entered the country from Iran.
the Presidents also touched upon another topic – the construction of the road Astara-Rasht, which is part of transport corridor North-South, designed to connect North Europe to Southeast Asia, including to unite the Railways of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia.
According to the President of Azerbaijan, despite problems caused by a coronavirus, the parties consider the opening of this section of the road in a videoconference format.
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