Arif and Rahmon stress cultural and civilisational cooperation

The First Vice-President of Iran and the President of Tajikistan underlined the need to expand cultural and civilisational cooperation between the two countries.

They also highlighted the creation of an association of Persian-speaking countries and regions, the formation of a joint high committee on Persian language and literature, and the revival of the ancestral alphabet in Tajikistan.

The two sides further listed the development of economic and energy cooperation, the launch of a joint technology centre, linking Tajikistan to the open waters of the Persian Gulf, and making use of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as other areas of cooperation.