Tehran, IRNA – Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber said on Monday that Tehran-Dushanbe ties have to be promoted up to an acceptable level.
Speaking during a meeting in Tehran with visiting Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon, the Iranian vice president said that all the agreements and documents signed by the two presidents will be pursued and implemented to reach a final result.
He said that Iran is ready to take more strong steps to export technical and engineering services to Tajikistan and help scientific and academic exchanges between the two countries.
The Tajik president said in the meantime that a new chapter of cooperation between the two countries has begun.
The two officials underlined the need for establishment of peace and security in the region, in Afghanistan in particular, and the urgency to protect peace in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Presidents of Iran and Tajikistan, during a meeting of high delegations of the two countries in the Iranian capital earlier in the day, stressed the need for further negotiations and implementation of already signed agreements between Tehran and Dushanbe.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the visit to Tehran by President Emomali Rahmon will definitely be a turning point in expansion of relations between the two nations.
Noting that Iran sees no limits for further enhancement of relations with Tajikistan, President Raisi said that the two countries have huge potentials for expanding the level of cooperation in different trade, energy, tourism, medical, pharmaceutical, investment, water and natural resources, as well as technical and engineering areas.
He noted that expansion of cooperation between Iran and Tajikistan would pave the way for further enhanced regional and international cooperation.
Tajikistan’s president, for his part, said that after President Raisi’s September visit to Dushanbe and the promotion of Iran’s membership status in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the two countries have taken significant steps for enhancement of bilateral relations.
President Rahmon noted that the volume of trade and economic interactions between Iran and Tajikistan has increased to several times bigger than the former levels.
He said that the roadmap for bilateral relations in 2030 has depicted a promising future for increasing relations between the two friendly countries.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA
