A visiting Tajikistani trade delegation, led by Deputy Industries and Modern Technologies Minister Bakhtiar Sharifi, met the TPO Head and Deputy Minister Ali-Reza Peymanpak, in accordance with the agreements reached during the 14th Iran-Tajikistan Economic, Scientific, and Technological Cooperation Commission, that indicates a Joint Industries, Mines and Trade Work Group needs to be established.
The two sides in the meeting stressed the need for boosting Iran-Tajikistan trade volume to match the abundance of shared cultural commonalities of the two nations and the excellent bilateral political relations.
Peymanpak said in the meeting that the 130-million-dollar trade volume of the two countries is really trivial, and need to increase to provide the two countries’ requirements.
He set example of some items in extra-territorial agricultural activities, such as providing the cotton for the Iranian weaving factories in Tajikistan.
Bakhtiar Sharifi, for his part, welcomed the proposal of broadening economic interactions with Iran, emphasizing that Tajikistan, too, needs to benefit from Iran’s scientific and technological capabilities in its industries.
The two side also surveyed the methods for commercial interactions in industrial fields, petrochemical and chemical products, food and pharmaceutical products, home appliances and ceramic tiles.
It was also agreed that both sides will survey the possibility of signing a preferential trade agreement to decrease the tariff charges for both sides.
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