President Raisi after a two-day trip to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan returned to Tehran on Thursday night with the welcome of the First Vice President and the Deputy for International Affairs of the Office of the Supreme Leader.
About the results and achievements of the trip to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, he said that ECO is an important organization for the communication between ECO members, and in this summit, at first, they presented a report on what has been done in the past and plans for future actions were proposed.
He went on to point out that transit and trade facilitation, especially for intra-regional trade, was one of the important issues raised in this summit, and noted that the issue of customs facilitation was one of the other issues raised in this summit.
"Environment and attention to science and new technologies and tourism were also among other topics and all the member countries expressed their views on economic issues," he added.
The Iranian president stated that in this meeting, the cooperation of the members was emphasized more than in the past and the transit of goods through the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"Half of the members mentioned in their speeches that Iran is a cheap route and saves time," he added.
The Iranian president underlined that this obliges Iran to follow the routes through Iran, such as north, south-east and west.
Ayatollah Raisi said that another issue that overshadowed economic issues was the Palestinian issue. "In the speeches of some members, the issue of Palestine was taken into consideration. The issue of Palestine is the first issue of the Islamic world. He went on to say that the visit to Tajikistan was a strategic document and 18 cooperation agreements were signed."
He said that the people and the government of Tajikistan, due to their common civilization and culture, have the will to cooperate with Iran in various fields, both in language and in practice.
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