MASHHAD -- Managing director of Sarakhs Special Economic Region (SSER), Mohammad Javad Afaq Eslami said here Sunday, "The first phase of the export complex at the region is ready to be put into operation and will soon be delivered to tradesmen and exporters."

During the visit of the Khorasan Province governor-general to the complex, Afaq said that the export complex consisted of 140 commercial units measuring 7,000 square meters.

He said that the first phase of the project including 60 commercial units and covering 2,500 square meters is ready to be put into operation.

He added that a credit of rls.30 billion has been allocated to the first and second phases of the export complex.

He said, "The construction of the administrative building and hotels including 12 guest houses measuring 5,200 square meters is due to be implemented within two weeks."

He noted that two large warehouses measuring 3,200 square meters and 16 small warehouses measuring 3,600 square meters were put into operation in early summer.

He added that the customs house, and the hall for assembling industrial parts will also be implemented by the end of the current Iranian year (on March 20).

He said that the Sarakhs project is underway at 15 kms to the south of the city of Sarakhs and 150 kms to the northeast of Mashhad in the vicinity of Mashhad-Sarakhs-Tajan railway.

He noted that the SSER measures 600 hectares.

He added, "The international airport which is four kms long has been opened at the Sarakhs region."

He concluded that economic projects are already underway at the region and some plots of land are due to be made available to applicants.