Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi and Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen signed an agreement on marine transportation and ports cooperation in Tehran on Monday. The two ministers also discussed the possibility of cooperation in developing the southern Iranian ports of Shahid Rajaei and Chabahar. The two sides also signed the draft of a road transportation memorandum of understanding in their meeting, Mehr News Agency reported. Heading a trade mission, the visiting minister arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Sunday, flying on a KLM aircraft to mark the resumption of the Dutch flag carrier’s flights to Iran after a three-year hiatus.
