VOL. XXXIX
No. 34
20-May-1996
IRAN
Iran And Turkmenistan Inaugurate Rail Link Prior To ECO Summit
Iran and Turkmenistan have celebrated the opening of a rail link between their two countries, establishing what has been hailed as a modern version of the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that connected the Orient with the Occident. Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani hosted an inauguration ceremony on 13 May at the city of Sarakhs on the Iranian-Turkmen border which was...
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