While visiting the archeological site of Persepolis in Fars Province, south Iran, Rahimzoda highlighted Iranian and Tajik nations’ proximity and cooperation between the two countries, saying that this would make ties closer and broader.
He also said that the more the people of Iran and Tajikistan communicate with each other and limitations are decreased, the broader the ties among the two countries will be.
Enayatollah Rahimi, Governor-General of Fars Province, who hosted the Tajik minister, pointed to the common language, culture and civilization of Iran and Tajikistan and said that such commonalities have paved the way for both nations to move on with expanding the ties in cultural and economic areas.
Rahimzoda traveled to Iran on Tuesday to meet officials and discuss bilateral relations and fighting against terrorism.
He met his Iranian counterpart, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation on fighting organized crimes, extremism and terrorism and drug trafficking as well as issues like police training, student and professor exchange and investment.
Rahimzoda also visited the tombs of Saadi and Hafez, the two great Iranian poets in Shiraz city, Fars Province.
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