Raeisi:
Developing ties with Central Asian states on agenda of Govt.
Before his departure to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the Iranian president said that the development of relations with Central Asian countries is on the agenda of the government.
MEHR: Before his departure to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the Iranian president said that the development of relations with Central Asian countries is on the agenda of the government.
"In the government's foreign policy, relations with neighboring Muslim countries are one of the characteristics, and the issue of Central Asian countries is an issue that we have emphasized since the beginning of the government that there is a very significant capacity in these countries," President Raeisi said in a gathering before his departure to Tajikistan.
The relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and these countries and the development of relations with the countries of Central Asia are on the agenda of the government, he added.
This trip is carried out at the invitation of the President of Tajikistan in order to strengthen the political, economic, and cultural relations between the two friendly brotherly countries, the Iranian president said.
Referring to Raeisi’s first foreign visit to Tajikistan, Iran's ambassador to Tajikistan Alireza Haghighian said on Tuesday that Iran and Tajikistan’s ties are on the path of cooperation within the framework of the neighboring policy.
The volume of trade between the two countries increased from $120 million to $280 million in the Iranian calendar year 1401 compared to the year before that and in the first six months of the current year has so far been about $150 million, he added.
Pointing to several signed contracts between the two countries in the field of technical engineering services with a value of more than €550 million during the said period, he said that so far more than €100 million have been implemented.
He underlined that the trade and economic exhibition of Iran, as well as the 16th Joint Economic Commission of the two countries, will be held in Dushanbe in the near future.
President Raeisi’s visit to Dushanbe will be held at the official invitation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon tomorrow.
It is scheduled to sign several cooperation documents and hold a joint business and economic conference with the participation of the presidents of the two countries, as well as about 200 Iranian and Tajik economic activists and entrepreneurs.
