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[00:00:00] It's almost finished, and only
[00:00:03] the top layers and cables and their lights remain, which
[00:00:07] God willing, in the next week or two,
[00:00:11] this will be connected to the main road and will be put into operation.
[00:00:15] will be taken In addition to this,
[00:00:18] see, the prolongation of projects or the existing inflation causes
[00:00:22] the initial estimate for the completion of the project
[00:00:26] to be paid to the project itself in that amount, but then more money is needed.
[00:00:30] Now, the initial estimate for this project was 100 million.
[00:00:33] Now, almost 400 million has been spent, and another 1500 million is needed for this project to be completed.
[00:00:37] done The discussion we
[00:00:40] had
[00:00:42] is that if this route is to be completed, we can complete
[00:00:46] 50 to 60 kilometers of it by the end of this year,
[00:00:49] provided that 800 million is injected into this project.
[00:00:53] done or not? They
[00:00:56] deposited an amount into the account of the construction company,
[00:01:00] part of which was given to Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, but that is not the amount needed.
[00:01:04] That is, maybe it is one seventh or one eighth of this amount. The amount is enough to start
[00:01:08] the work and continue the work. Or now the issue for us is
[00:01:11] that we have claims. That is, this amount they are going to pay now will be the same amount. That is,
[00:01:15] to clarify, more money is needed.
[00:01:18] Although Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters itself, when they wanted to start this work,
[00:01:22] their opinion was that we would work on the project and would receive
[00:01:26] its money later, and now its work is being done.
[00:01:29] The money was also stated by the government. Mr.
[00:01:33] Dr. Pourmohammadi had come and said that we will inject the money here
[00:01:36] and you will do the work, and now it is working. And
[00:01:40] here, a final border in Kalaleh
[00:01:43] Aghband is being built. The bridge is finished
[00:01:47] between Iran and Azerbaijan. It has been built.
[00:01:50] The transit terminal for its goods, phase
[00:01:54] one, has 65% progress. God willing, it will be finished this year, but
[00:01:58] its passenger terminal has not started. It is currently in tender.
[00:02:01] It is likely that its tender will be done in one or two weeks,
[00:02:05] and the winner of the tender will come and the terminal will be completed. I say that this
[00:02:08] project mostly needs financial
[00:02:12] resources to be injected. In our projects, it is mostly like this that
[00:02:16] by the time the credits arrive and the project is finished, the government provides credit, but
[00:02:53] about the Khovaran-Tabriz- Marand railway project.
[00:02:57] What is the current situation?
[00:03:00] Has the work started? Has there been any progress or
[00:03:04] not? Let me tell you, the General Directorate of Railways
[00:03:07] of Azerbaijan region is located on the
[00:03:11] East-West railway corridor.
[00:03:13] In a way, it is the connection of the railway
[00:03:16] of the country to the railway of Turkey and from there to Europe.
[00:03:20] it is but
[00:03:22] at the same time, even though we have this
[00:03:26] corridor, there is a missing link.
[00:03:30] For this corridor to be competitive, there is a connection
[00:03:34] issue between Khovaran and
[00:03:37] Tabriz, and the important project
[00:03:40] is Tabriz-Marand-Jolfa with a length of approximately
[00:03:44] 297 kilometers. The project
[00:03:46] from Khovaran to Tabriz, in reality, its management
[00:03:50] and responsibility lie with the Construction and Development Company
[00:03:54] of Transportation Infrastructures of the country.
[00:03:57] But we are trying to include this project as well, considering the limitations
[00:04:00] of financial resources, which Mr. Dr. Novin also mentioned
[00:04:04] in the country, within the framework of this project. This
[00:04:08] project starts from Khovaran and from there connects to Tabriz and Marand to
[00:04:11] Jolfa and from there to
[00:04:15] the Turkish railway. connects
[00:04:18] 29 kilometers of it is the section from Khovaran to Tabriz,
[00:04:21] and the rest is from Tabriz to Jolfa. Let me tell you,
[00:04:25] in this project, about 77 kilometers of it
[00:04:29] is our route.
[00:05:00] 23 of this project, fortunately, has been issued, and we are currently
[00:05:03] negotiating with foreign companies for investment, and God willing,
[00:05:06] the final work is being done,
[00:05:10] and negotiations have started.
[00:05:19] We will witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the ministers of road and urban development of Iran and Turkey for this. Very well, so the investor
[00:05:22] has been identified. We are negotiating. Yes, it is a foreign
[00:05:26] investor with whom we are negotiating. Oh, very well.
[00:05:29] Regarding this railway connection between Iran and Armenia,
[00:05:32] please tell us what the situation is like
[00:05:36] there. See, the current
[00:05:39] situation of our Julfa that is not connected now. Due to
[00:05:42] the problem I mentioned, between Nagorno-Karabakh
[00:05:46] and in fact Armenia and Azerbaijan,
[00:05:50] the entire railway in the direction of Armenia has been destroyed.
[00:05:53] However, negotiations are underway at high levels of the country, which are related
[00:05:57] to political discussions. God willing, we will try
[00:06:00] to revive this within the framework of a project,
[00:06:04] but at the same time, it is currently in the study
[00:06:07] and negotiation stage. This
[00:06:10] project, the project that has priority in this route, is actually
[00:06:14] the same Kalaleh-Julfa route,
[00:06:24] Molaei, please also talk about economic diplomacy. When
[00:06:28] we complete our corridors, how much does it affect
[00:06:31] our economic diplomacy,
[00:06:33] our bargaining power with other countries, with neighboring
[00:06:37] countries? A lot. This is something
[00:06:41] that is completely clear.
[00:06:44] Look, our country is in a situation where it is a
[00:06:47] vast country with many roads, with many
[00:06:51] neighboring countries. It is hard for us to say that
[00:06:54] our country can be blockaded. That is, economic blockade
[00:06:58] for a country the size of Iran with this many neighboring countries
[00:07:01] is impossible, and during this time, of course,
[00:07:05] the issue of economic blockade and US sanctions
[00:07:08] have been imposed. Well, we, according to the reports of these
[00:07:13] government officials, have been able to replace many of our resources
[00:07:16] and fill them. Where did this come from? Well, from these same routes.
[00:07:19] This is one part of it, that we must establish proper communication.
[00:07:22] Now, this concern has been felt, and fortunately, they are moving
[00:07:26] in this direction. That is, the government also has this concern,
[00:07:29] the pretext of economic blockade has been created in it, and it is moving in this
[00:07:32] direction. And economic diplomacy is actually one of the most important parts of diplomacy.
[00:07:36] We think that diplomacy is just about negotiating. No, one part of it is to
[00:07:40] be able to create an advantage
[00:07:42] in our own country that will cause India to use
[00:07:46] the North-South corridor to communicate with Russia.
[00:07:49] See, now both India and Russia, two large
[00:07:53] countries with very high economic capacity,
[00:07:57] can communicate with each other through two routes.
[00:08:01] One is this North-South corridor that passes through our country, and a significant
[00:08:04] part of it, that is, its connector, is located
[00:08:08] within our province. Part of it also goes through Bab al-Mandeb and has to go
[00:08:11] around. It is almost two and a half times longer with
[00:08:15] several times the cost. Well, when they choose this route
[00:08:18] in the context of sanctions, you know that India came
[00:08:21] and intervened in a part of Chabahar
[00:08:25] regarding sanctions and said that I will not allow this place to be sanctioned. It was free,
[00:08:29] it was not sanctioned. Why? Because it is making financial profit, economic profit.
[00:08:32] Well, if we activate this capacity in our province, we can benefit from it.
[00:08:36] Mr. Novin also said that 20 billion dollars is not a small amount.
[00:08:40] This capacity exists in our province, but this will must be at the national level.
[00:08:44] A sectoral will, a provincial will, a regional will cannot
[00:08:48] solve this problem. The will must be national. God willing, with a national
[00:08:51] will, we can solve the problem of our corridors, both the North-South
[00:08:55] corridor and the East-West corridor. When this
[00:08:58] project is a national project, the perspective must also be national,
[00:09:02] after all. If we want to look at it provincially and sectionally,
[00:09:06] it will be the same as it is now. A
[00:09:09] project of over twenty years.
[00:09:43] that the distance between the two provincial capitals of East and
[00:09:45] West Azerbaijan should be reduced, and in line with the same
[00:09:48] East-West corridor, along
[00:09:52] 162 kilometers, 120 kilometers of it is in
[00:09:55] our province. The entire Tabriz-Urmia freeway
[00:09:58] Section 6, which we talked about, is under construction and is very
[00:10:02] essential, considering the traffic on Kasa'i highway.
[00:10:05] Kasa'i highway has this section 6 of the road can
[00:10:08] be our second ring road for the city. Our busiest road is Kasa'i
[00:10:12] with 60,000 daily traffic and
[00:10:16] also sections 1, 2, 4. Sections 1 and 2 are in
[00:10:20] West Azerbaijan, and section 4 is
[00:10:23] in our province, which is
[00:10:48] and today we asked our road maintenance and traffic police colleagues to
[00:10:51] investigate. If they give permission within a few days.
[00:11:17] The investor himself is also there to do this. The Ministry of Roads and
[00:11:20] Urban Development also agrees that if they want to do this as a freeway and
[00:11:24] investment. If the province also concludes that this
[00:11:28] can be done and will not have
[00:11:31] other problems, we are ready to
[00:11:34] complete the return lane, either the government will provide funding next year
[00:11:38] or we can use the potential of the private sector. Here, we can use
[00:11:42] that. Free For
[00:11:45] this year, in another month, 9
[00:11:48] kilometers of the Marand- Bazargan freeway,
[00:11:52] its return lane from Sharqdaraq to Sufian,
[00:11:55] will be inaugurated. It's almost finished. It will be done in a month, and 6
[00:11:59] kilometers of the Maraq- Hashtrud freeway, from kilometer 42 to
[00:12:02] 48, are ready, and we can inaugurate this
[00:12:06] next week if they want us to finish it.
[00:12:09] That is, hold a ceremony and present it to
[00:12:11] the people.
[00:12:13] Very well. Also, tell us how much
[00:12:17] financial resources have been allocated. From the
[00:12:21] beginning of the program, we said that financial problems have prevented these from being completed,
[00:12:25] but it wasn't always this way. In past years, it wasn't a priority.
[00:12:28] If it had been a priority, financial resources would certainly
[00:12:32] have been allocated for it.
[00:12:35] Now, in these existing projects, how much has been allocated?
[00:12:39] Now, if you have it, please tell us about each one,
[00:12:42] for example, the Jolfa axis or the Tabriz-
[00:12:46] Marand corridor. I would like to say that the Jalal
[00:12:49] Julfa Kalaleh
[00:12:51] axis practically needed 500 million to be completed.
[00:12:55] So far, 400 million has been spent, but due to the existing inflation,
[00:12:59] it still needs to be done, it keeps
[00:13:02] going up because prices are high. But for example, we can say
[00:13:06] that most of the government, the ministry, and the province
[00:13:09] are trying to allocate 100% of the approved
[00:13:13] budget. However, like all
[00:13:16] development projects where the allocation is usually not 100%, this allocation
[00:13:20] is not made. The existing inflation causes the money that
[00:13:24] is later deposited to not be enough to complete
[00:13:27] it, and sometimes problems arise
[00:13:30] in implementation, for example, a change in route or a problem with acquisition,
[00:13:34] and the contractor may not be able to submit a statement of work for it to be paid.
[00:13:38] All of this causes this to happen
[00:13:42] sometimes and the project to be prolonged,
[00:13:44] and the resources that were initially, for example,
[00:13:48] allocated for us at the beginning of the year, perhaps that
[00:13:51] 100% of that construction was not considered 70, 60, 7.
[00:14:02] No, we are pursuing it. As you also said, there must be a national vision.
[00:14:06] We have also expressed this feeling in the meetings we had
[00:14:10] with the Planning and Budget Organization, and the Governor, Mr. Governor himself,
[00:14:13] was following up, and the ministry was also following up. We hope that this national
[00:14:16] vision will be consolidated so that we can quickly complete the projects.
[00:14:19] All our talk in this
[00:14:22] program has been that these projects, these
[00:14:26] corridors that exist, are national projects. They must be viewed nationally,
[00:14:29] and considering these conditions, the delay that has occurred so far
[00:14:33] has, in short, set the entire country back. Everyone,
[00:14:37] in whatever position they are, must help to ensure that
[00:14:40] these corridors are completed and
[00:14:43] the benefits will definitely be reaped by the people.
[00:15:19] economic issues of the province, which also
[00:15:23] program.
[00:28:05] know that when national interests and large calculations
[00:28:09] are at stake, the importance of precise
[00:28:13] and multi-layered oversight increases. Trust companies and
[00:28:16] their operations are no exception to this
[00:28:19] rule. In the trust mechanism, a significant part of
[00:28:22] activities are based on trust between the parties.
[00:28:26] Therefore, this trust must be
[00:28:29] controlled and guaranteed through official mechanisms.
[00:28:33] From company credit assessment and review of their track record
[00:28:36] and financial capacity to obtaining sufficient
[00:28:40] guarantees, contract control, and continuous
[00:28:43] monitoring of foreign currency flows.
[00:28:46] Here, operating banks and the central bank play an important
[00:28:50] role in monitoring the entry and exit of foreign exchange
[00:28:53] resources, controlling accounts, reconciling
[00:28:57] documents, and ensuring the return of resources
[00:29:00] from exports.
[00:29:10] and continuously monitor the possibility of deviation or misuse of resources. continuously review.
[00:29:13] Of course, the review does not mean creating
[00:29:17] obstacles in the activities of these networks. The goal
[00:29:20] of oversight is to create a balance between maintaining the efficiency
[00:29:24] of the trust mechanism and preventing corruption
[00:29:27] and deviation. Finally, with the intensification of sanctions, everything
[00:29:31] that exists becomes more necessary. Oversight must also be more
[00:29:35] professional, smarter, and more precise. Because
[00:29:39] maintaining this mechanism without control is risky, and
[00:29:42] control without understanding its necessity can also
[00:29:46] disrupt the country's foreign trade. lead
[00:30:18] Hello and good evening, dear viewers of the news channel. The Head of the
[00:30:22] Administrative and Employment Organization of the Country announced the start of the executive process for registering
[00:30:25] the information of company employees and emphasized that registering
[00:30:29] the information of these employees is a prerequisite for paying salaries
[00:30:33] or within the framework of the new administrative system. Mr. Rafizadeh
[00:30:36] said that executive agencies are obliged to register the information of company employees
[00:30:40] and their contracting companies
[00:30:43] from the first to the ninth of Mehr in the
[00:30:47] integrated administrative system platform.
[00:30:50] According to: