Aliyev made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Communication and Information Technology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi, who chaired the joint Iran-Azerbaijan economic commission, in Baku on Friday.
During the meeting, Aliyev referred to his meetings with Iranian top ranking officials during his recent trip to Tehran, and underlined pursuing and execution of agreements inked during the trip.
He also expressed consent over the growing trade exchanges between the two countries.
The pilot Astara-Astara railway started a test-run as Azeri President Ilham Aliyev started a visit to Tehran on March 5.
The Astara-Astara railway has been constructed to materialize the goal of linking the North-South corridor and facilitate Iran's access to Europe's railway and Azerbaijan's access to the Persian Gulf.
Also during Aliyev's visit, Baku and Tehran signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to develop mutual cooperation in fighting against money-laundering and building railways.
Tehran and Azerbaijan kicked off operations to lay railway tracks on Friday to connect the border port of Astara in Northern Iran to its neighboring city in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
"The first phase of the operation which is a 600-meter-long rail track was laid while grounds are to be prepared for the second phase which will complete the whole project in the Iranian side," Governor of Astara Port Yunes Ranjkesh said.
Iran-Azerbaijan railway is part of a larger national development project called the North-South Corridor which is to be used for transfer of goods and passengers.
The Iran-Azerbaijan railway project will connect Iran to the Euro-Asian marketplace after its completion.