During his first visit to Tajikistan on January 16, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian held negotiations with the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon.
Welcoming the high-ranking guest, Rahmon noted that “the people of Tajikistan and Iran are united by an inextricable historical, cultural and civilizational commonality”.
The leaders discussed expansion of cooperation in the fields of politics, economy and trade, investment and tourism, security, science and culture, and healthcare.
They spoke for expanding cooperation in various industrial sectors, including mineral processing, production of construction materials, food, medicine, energy, agriculture, and the extensive use of Tajikistan’s free economic zones, as well as the transport and transit potential of Iran, in particular the ports of Chabahar and Bandar Abbas.
After the high-level talks, officials of Tajikistan and Iran signed 23 new cooperation documents, including the Cooperation Program between the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan and the Ports and Maritime Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the development of cargo transit through the Chabahar port, and the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Tajikistan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Cooperation in the field of Industry and New Technologies for the period 2025-2027.
President Rahmon welcomed the abolition of the visa regime between the two countries, emphasizing that this initiative will be beneficial for the expansion of relations in all areas.
On the same day, Rahmon and Pezeshkian participated in a Trade, Economic, Investment and Tourism Forum of Tajikistan and Iran.
The Forum began on January 15 with a Dialogue of representatives of the private sectors of the two countries, and successfully concluded on January 16 in the presence of the heads of state. Entrepreneurs and investors of Tajikistan and Iran signed 13 cooperation documents worth more than 450 million US dollars.
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