Mottaki: Iran-Tajikistan to boost trade

Dushanbe, May 19, IRNA -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that Iran and Tajikistan have agreed to boost trade and remove the impediments on the way of Iranian enterprises’ activities in the Central Asian republic.

Talking to reporters after meeting with Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon, Mottaki said he had briefed his host on problems Iranian companies have with regards to transportation of materials, including cement, through countries to Tajikistan and the ways to solve the problems.

Mottaki said Tajik president vowed to take measures to remove the problems as best as he could so that Iranians will have growing presence in the Tajik market.

He stressed, “The projects Iranian companies implement in Tajikistan serve public needs and interests based on demand by government of the republic.”

He said that furthermore, had congratulated Rakhmon on hosting for the first ever in Central Asia the meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

“It indicates the important role that the country and the Central Asian republics, as major part of the world of Islam, can play in upgrading cooperation among Muslim states,” he added./end