According to the memorandum signed between the Azerbaijani and Iranian governments, financial, border, customs, and environmental issues related to the construction of a road bridge and pedestrian crossing over the Astarachay River (322 km south of Baku) were discussed. The statement came from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Digital Development and Transport.

To discuss the issues, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rahman Hummatov met with Iranian Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Kheyrullah Khademi in Astara, Iran.

During the visit, the deputy ministers inspected the land where the bridge will be built and the Astara (Iran) Terminal Complex. They held talks on increasing the carrying capacity of this complex. During the talks, they agreed to continue work to accelerate the implementation of joint projects.

The Astara-Astara bridge is part of the North-South transport corridor. As part of this project, the Astara-Astara railway bridge was commissioned in 2019. The North-South international transport corridor project is designed to provide transport links between the Baltic states and India via Iran. The main advantage of the North-South transport corridor over other routes (especially the sea route via the Suez Canal) is that it reduces the transport route length by two or more times.