Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a six-day visit to Russia, discussed with the Astrakhan governor using of the Rail-Road North-South Cargo Container Corridor through Iran.
Mr Modi, who reached Astrakhan with a 16-member business delegation on Monday, had a one-to-one discussion with Astrakhan Governor Alexander Zhilkin and other senior leaders over using the corridor as the shortest land route between India and Russian states and Eastern Europe.
He held a detailed discussion over the issue with the Deputy Governor and offered to provide Gujarat ports as the
They discussed mutual co-operation in petroleum exploration and production, ship building, petro-chemicals, pharmaceutical, gems and jewellery, construction industry, dairy, tourism and other areas.
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