On the sidelines of visiting the Anzali Port Complex, the deputy chairman of the economic commission of the parliament emphasized on more use of Anzali port and said: with the plans made, the north-south and east-west corridors will become more active and Anzali Port Complex will play a significant role in them.
According to the public relations of the Ports
and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province, Seyed Ehsan Khandozi, Deputy
Chairman of the Economic Commission of the Majles, on the afternoon of
Thursday, November 6, on the sidelines of a visit to the Anzali Port Complex,
stated: “One of the referral bills of the Economic Commission of the parliament
that remained from the tenth term was the bill of Anzali Free Zone. This zone
was visited today to have a better field and operational understanding about
this bill.”
He added: "better awareness of the
capacities and potentials of Anzali port complex and other economic situations
that are connected and dependent on this port was another goal of this
visit."
Referring to the very good position of Anzali
Port in the region, the Deputy Chairman of the Parliament's Economic Commission
stated: "there is a good economic capacity in this region, but other
executive bodies create obstacles that do not allow full exploitation of the
region's economic potential."
Khandouzi stated that after returning from
this trip, appropriate planning and measures will be taken to remove these
obstacles. He added: "One of the very strategic potentials of the Anzali
port complex is to use the trade capacities of the Caspian Sea to overcome the
oppressive sanctions. However, this potential has not been used properly and
less than one tenth of the potential capacity of Anzali Port Complex is being
used, while there is a good and high potential in this area.”
He considered it necessary to use Anzali port
more efficiently and said: "We can organize a part of the future trade of
the country instead of southern ports from northern ports such as Anzali port
complex."
He called for more efficient use of Anzali
port and said: "We can do part of the future trade of the country through
northern ports such as Anzali port complex instead of southern ports."
The deputy chairman of the parliament's
economic commission continued: "Moving the country's trade hotspots from
south to north or designing a common transit route that can activate the north-south
corridor and even the east-west corridor should be on the agenda. With the
potentials of Anzali Port Complex, it can play a good role in both corridors.”
Criticizing the lack of attention and
shortcomings of the Trade Development Organization and other relevant agencies
in order to develop exports and imports, Khandouzi acknowledged:
"Unfortunately, there has been a lot of shortcomings about the capacities
of trade parties across the Caspian Sea."
Stating that we can plan and do other good
things now, he said. "We can trade with the export sectors of Russia and
Kazakhstan and turn Anzali industrial areas into a place to import raw
materials and produce added value."
It is worth mentioning Hamid Reza Abaie, Director
General of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province; Ahmad Donyamali,
chairman of the Guilan Provincial Assembly and representative of the people of
Bandar Anzali in the Parliament, along with Seyed Ehsan Khandozi, the Deputy
Chairman of the Economic Commission of the Majles visited the infrastructure
and capabilities of Anzali Port Complex and some economic and tourism projects
of the Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province.