[000:00:00;00] i will talk to you more about this topic . a trip in different dimensions and topics, which of the two countries' potentials and capacities are more important between tehran and dushanbe , just as the titles of the 18 cooperation documents signed today between iran and tajikistan show how much of a trip this trip is. it is time to expand

relations in different areas with borders on the commercial economic area and in fact the subcategories that are in this field, such as the discussion of energy, technical and engineering cooperation, the discussion of cooperation related to tourism, is actually considered. you see, one of the most important actions that have taken place in this trip is the signing of the memorandum of cooperation between the two countries , which is a very important document because it defines the lines of cooperation between the two countries in various political, economic, defense, cultural, and educational fields, and it is of course expected that the relations between iran and tajikistan, as two countries where the supreme leader uses the words "relative" and "brother" in this the item should be at the same level. we witness

we were told that despite the fact that in the past, due to some reasons that were actually caused by the entry and interventions of third countries, the relations between iran and tajikistan did not have a favorable level, of course, this is despite the obstacle of iran's stabilizing presence in tajikistan, including in the discussion of wars. it has been domestic in this country, but since 2002, we have seen a kind of decline in relations , especially in the economic sector, where the amount of about 300 million dollars in 8 years has decreased to less than 100 million dollars , so a road map was necessary. it is necessary that the relations of these two countries are relatives and brothers especially in the economic field, let it develop, and today we are very happy that we heard from the honorable president of our country that

there was no obstacle to the development of political relations between iran and tajikistan . the memorandum of understanding and the signing of cooperation documents have been taken into consideration, because some of them are short-term and some are long-term goals, how much does it help this road map and in line with the realization of the same issue that you mention, see it exactly like this. a series of really huge capacities and potentials there are iran-tajikistan relations that have not been used so far or that their exploitation has been weak. see iran-tajikistan relations from the perspective of bilateral issues , especially in the fields of economy, energy, trade and transit, and in the field of multilateral relations.

the institution of tajikistan in the law of the member countries of the shankai organization of the eurasian customs union organization and akko, whose summit will be held tomorrow, this document is actually a help to take advantage of the capacities that exist in the relations between the two countries in the mentioned areas, one of planning and one of consultations have taken place the area of ​​consultation can be pointed to political issues, considering the neighboring diplomacy of the 13th government, the common existence between tehran and dushanbe in this area , and what consultations were held during this trip regarding their realization, before i answer your question. i would like to draw the attention of the dear viewers to this fact that honestly , what has happened in the last two years in mr. raisi's government and in our diplomatic system in the last two years has contributed to the development of relations with neighboring countries and especially the countries of the civilization sphere. and

iran's culture is an unprecedented event that we almost in the past years and in the past governments, we did not experience it, that is, in the development and promotion of the neighborhood policy, which of course, this neighborhood policy does not only mean the countries with which we actually have a common border, but with all the countries of the central asian region. historically, culturally and civilizationally, in fact , we have this position and characteristic of the neighborhood, which is a very big event in the field of political relations between iran and tajikistan . we didn't see much development of relationships for this reason, today the level of economic relations is almost at a very low level.

unfortunately, even our human interactions and cultural connections have gone down a lot due to the wrong views in the past, so now the development of political relations, political consultations, frequent trips of political officials, and the signing of these and these contracts are now possible. create a special opportunity that the relations between the two countries can expand in other fields as well, for example in the field of tourism , in the field of economy, in the field of energy, even in defense and security cooperation, which anyway iran and in the past two years, tajikistan has taken very appropriate and serious measures in this area, so this development of political relations in the bilateral relationship between the two countries is effective and useful, and it makes other areas of relations active. it can also be in the field of regional issues where

both countries have common concerns about their surrounding environment, for example , about security and stability in afghanistan, as well as various other issues that can be discussed at the regional and international levels anyway. this political relationship can help both countries in fact, we can see the development of relations there, mr. dr. kazemi, if we look at the document of cooperation in the field of transportation and transit , we have a common free zone, and there have been consultations on various defense capabilities. do you think that what now we talked about it with dr. bahman, that is, neighbor diplomacy and the development of relations with neighbors that have been taken into consideration in the 13th government, how important and effective it can be in the realization of each of these. look at one point, of course, i need to emphasize that it is a change in our relations with the countries of central asia

that is, all five countries of central asia have taken place in the last two years, which in almost 3 decades after the collapse of the soviet union and the independence of these countries, this history and relations did not actually exist, and the proof of that is actually the visit of all the presidents of these five countries to iran in the same year. in the last two years, this is actually due to the neighborhood policy that the 13th government has taken seriously in the economic, political and cultural fields, and naturally, central asia is an important region, and geostrategy and geonomics are among the top regions you mentioned. one of the topics and issues raised today is the issue of cooperation tajikistan and central asian countries

are generally landlocked countries from a geographical point of view, so there is a lot of communication with the outside world to reach free waters in these countries, and iran's path is short. the best way to actually meet this need of the central asian countries, both tajikistan and other central asian countries are on the path of the north-south strategic corridor, and we saw that last week at the meeting of the transport ministers of the ecco countries in uzbekistan , an important document regarding the discussion connecting china to europe from central asia and iran were signed, and naturally, as one of the important countries of central asia, tajikistan values ​​the connection of china to iran and europe , and naturally, this trip and the documents that have been presented are the emphasis that the honorable president has on establishing

customs duties and easing transit and customs laws. in this context, it is necessary to have common windows, in fact, it can raise a very good case . the discussion of tajikistan's investment in the area of ​​free economic zones in chabahar port is one of the capacities, considering tajikistan's interest in participating in this open zone. in addition to this, of course, the capacity there are many projects in the field of export, in fact, there are technical and engineering services. we had a good history in the field of building hydroelectric power plants and the construction of the important esteghlal tunnel in tajikistan. today, tajikistan needs these investments much more than in the past , and naturally, this trip as a important trip you know that mr. raisi's first

trip after being elected as the president of our country was to tajikistan, and this indicates the pivotal role of tajikistan in iran's approach to the neighborhood policy in central asia. very well, mr. kazemi , mr. bahman, a report. let's meet together let's go back and continue the discussion about the president's visit to tajikistan. the business relations between the islamic republic of iran and tajikistan have been growing in recent years . it was tehran. targeting an increase of 500 million dollars in trade exchanges. today we are witnessing a fourfold increase in trade relations and trade exchanges between the two countries. the establishment of extensive cooperation between free economic zones and industrial companies of the two countries is beneficial for both sides. year of volume of transactions the trade between iran and tajikistan

reached 28 million dollars, a growth of more than two times compared to 1400. in the first 6 months of this year, 15 million dollars of trade exchange took place between the two countries. the previous cluster of words is beneficial to us in the 3000 countries of gostari, we are more than different professions , and we evaluate the continued efforts of the two countries on this road as important. according to the ambassador of our country in tajikistan, documents for the export of technical engineering services to tajikistan worth 55 million euros have been signed , of which 100 million euros have been realized so far. according to alireza haghigian, the 16th joint commission iran's economic cooperation and trade exhibition will be held in tajikistan soon. the boss is going on a trip. the president of our country

will hold a joint trade and economic conference between the two countries in tajikistan and sign joint cooperation documents. documents will be signed during this trip, which will be aimed at developing and strengthening relations between the two countries. tajikistan is located in central asia with an area of ​​more than 143 thousand square kilometers and a population of about 10 million people. the gross domestic product of this country is about 47 billion. the dollar has been announced. mohammad mohajeri radio news agency. mr. behm, mr in the report, mohajeri mentioned the amount of trade between the two countries last year, as well as the short -term goal of trade between the two countries that was carried out and targeted during this trip. what requirements should be provided, and do you think that what we consider and see as the capacity between the two countries will achieve this. it will be a number. yes, it definitely will.

as mentioned in the report. within one year, we were able to double the economic relations and actually double the amount . so it is possible that we can still do it in the next year or in the next two years let's actually have such an upgrade again. at the same time, we should also pay attention to the fact that 500 million dollars is the ceiling of relations. the economic relationship between iran and tajikistan should not be based on the capacities of the two countries, the capabilities of both countries and the special opportunities they can create for each other, the ceiling of the economic relations between the two countries should be defined much more but this is a logical goal setting based on time , and definitely after we reach 500 million dollars, a bigger goal, probably a billion dollars, will actually be defined.

the important thing that is actually happening here, and we witnessed it during this trip, is the signing of documents that can facilitate business relations . well, in the past years, we had many obstacles , banking obstacles, customs obstacles, obstacles even in the field of issuing visas and visas. and we actually had similar things in the relations between the two countries, so these documents can actually facilitate and remove those obstacles . today, mr. president, in the meeting he had with the businessmen , they ended their conversation with this sentence, the people. pointing out that we are signing all these documents. let's do that in indeed, businessmen and the private sector can come forward and make these things come true. the fact is that an important part of the development path and the progress of economic relations between iran and tajikistan can be the responsibility of the private sector, of course, in this field

, the government sectors . they definitely have their own capabilities that they can invest in larger projects, but in commercial areas, in fact, the private sector can, well, this trip, these signed documents have created this opportunity and we can hope. we hope that the level of economic relations between the two countries will improve even more mr. dr. kazemi, you mentioned technical and engineering services. between your words in the previous question of mr. mohajeri, there are also references to the achievements and consultations that take place during this trip , and our potentials and capabilities, while talking more about services. technical and engineering, one of the subjects that are now being discussed and planned between the authorities of the islamic republic of iran and tajikistan is the subject of science and technology , and also the capacities of our energy field ,

you have mentioned a very important point about these three fields. tajikistan from the point of view of water resources the sixth country in the world, this is one of the main economic approaches and strategies of tajikistan, because of its mountainous and special location, the production of green and leafy energy from leafy green power plants. targeting the production of 10,000 megawatt leaves has actually been officially announced by the government of tajikistan. considering the technical, engineering and scientific capabilities that exist in our country, investing in the construction of wind power plants can be one of the main axes of cooperation between iran and tajikistan in the future. the importance of this issue is that iran in the past good experience in making this type there are power plants, including bargawi seng tudeh power plant in tajikistan, and today, in fact, there should

be both government institutions and private companies, that is , today in tajikistan, we have about 100 companies, in fact, in iran, which are registered, while our private sector is naturally much more capable than you have rightly mentioned this area of ​​tajikistan in the fields of science and technology. in the last 30 years , about 3 billion dollars have been invested in tajikistan, but the most important weakness of these investments is in the fields of science and technology . we both through private companies and through the institutions of the government, it can actually compensate and actually expand the relations between tehran and dushanbe to more than one billion dollars in a reasonable medium term, because the current figure and even that short-term figure of 500 million dollars is in no way with

economic potential . iran and tajikistan are not compatible, and i would like to emphasize this point that alhamdulillah in the new government, a new field has started in the economic cooperation between iran and tajikistan, and that is the issue of defense exports, which last year and this year , the honorable chief of the joint staff of the armed forces and the minister of defense our country has opened to tajikistan uav production factory in tajikistan well, this is an important step, which besides being a defense from an economic point of view and from an export point of view, actually strengthens and strengthens the tsarist relations of the two countries, it is also very important from a security point of view, because today in the speech of the honorable president of our country it was also one of the common concerns of iran and tajikistan, the issue of stability and security

in afghanistan . tajikistan, including colleagues who it takes place in the field of defense and security, especially after the end of the official arms embargo on iran. this is a new area that has started in the relations between the two countries, and of course, iran has not limited this to tajikistan, because iran's view of central asia is one-sided. for iran, the central asian issues are considered to be completely common and integrated both in the form of cultural and historical relations and from the perspective of economic and political ties . and the side of understanding that in the relations between the two countries in the years the past has been completely left behind and

today, in fact, the field has been prepared to use the various capacities that exist in the mentioned economic fields , these fields are many, from tourism because of the common language of the common history to the health and medical fields of university and insurance. the mentioned industry is in the fields of transit and energy. so that these potentials can be used well in the future. mr. dr. bahman, mr. dr. kazemi's point and hint about the two countries entering a new path of cooperation. let's talk about the efforts of the two countries to create common areas cooperation in the region and in the international arena and the opportunities that they are trying to create. pointing to the membership of two countries, for example, in the shanghai cooperation organization to eco, pointing to these cooperations, this effort and of course membership in these

international organizations is how important and influential it is for the two countries both in developing their own relations with each other and in creating opportunities. well, of course, when the cooperation of the countries acquires an institutional aspect and expands to the regional levels, it means that the countries are willing to gather together, sit together and have political consultations in regional institutions. regional institutions are usually defined as common goals for the country. well, in these institutions that you mentioned, such as shanghai ecoco, even the economic union of asia, which anyway, iran has important customs agreements with this union, and tajikistan is also a member of this union.

conditions to facilitate relations in various fields have been created, for example, in the shanghai cooperation organization, defense and security cooperation has been evaluated as an important issue between the members and is actually on the agenda, especially considering the threats common that all members including iran and tajikistan may face them in the framework of the issue of sustainable development, it is a very important issue, as well as the removal of trade barriers, the removal of customs barriers , all of which can lead to an increase in economic, political and commercial relations between all member countries, including iran and tajikistan. even in the ovaria economic union, according to the agreements that iran has with this union, an important part of the goods have actually been eliminated or their export tariffs

have been reduced for iran or the other parties, so the presence in these organizations can in fact, creation is detrimental to creation give opportunities to different countries so that countries can develop their relations more confidently and calmly and look at relations from the perspective of sustainable development. in the long term, they can consider that they can actually expand their relations at different levels in this process, iran and tajikistan are certainly not exempt from this and their presence in these regional institutions can also eliminate those threats and it also leads to the creation of new conditions for cooperation be it mr. dr. kazemi, we talked about eco. tomorrow, i think that

the 16th ecco summit is going to be held in uzbekistan in tashkent . mr. bahman , it seems that the goals of the ecco are mentioned in various ways in their talks. it was clear to him that he did not achieve his goals and was not successful. you see, during the past years, some authors such as the unbalanced economy of the eco member countries, the discussion is actually the difference in political approaches and especially the interventions that america had in the area of ​​the eco countries, especially in central asia, and there were cases that, anyway, in the effectiveness of this the organization had created obstacles, but in recent years, very good actions

have been taken to develop cooperation and use eco's capacity for cooperation, and a united will has been formed between 10 eco member countries, which have about 500 million people, a common market, however regional. are taking place, and on the other hand, some regional developments, especially the developments that occurred after the ukraine war and the developments that occurred after the withdrawal of the occupying forces of the united states and isaf from afghanistan , have created a new space for cooperation in eco, especially in two up to the energy field and today's transit in the energy field well, many of the ecco countries either have significant oil and gas reserves, or they are actually on the way to these reserves, and this is where it is actually necessary to establish joint plans based on convergence, not just political competition, between

the ecco countries . from this point of view, iran has an important plan and it is on the agenda, in fact, the strengthening of the eco rail corridor between pakistan, iran and turkey, the strengthening of energy transfer from the countries of central asia through the saab, both to turkey and to the persian gulf, these are some of the issues. well , naturally, there are many fields for cooperation iran and of course all the countries of central asia, as you know that eco is the only institution in the regional organization in the countries of central asia that all five member countries are actually members of this organization, and as a result , there are very good grounds for strengthening cooperation in the relevant fields. there is a hint, mr. dr. bahm, i think we should have two minutes to summarize what

happened in the past between tehran and dushanbe in the various topics of the second trip of the president and the plans made and the future horizon. yes, we mentioned that in fact, in the past , because of the approaches that our government sometimes took in the field of foreign policy, perhaps we did not actively look at the central asian region, and tajikistan was also somewhat closed in this field . . in the past years, i was perhaps one of the critics of our foreign policy in this area because we were neglected, but fortunately, in the past two years, we have paid special attention to this area, and this special attention in any case, it can have significant achievements for us in the future

especially in our relations with tajikistan, we can consider tajikistan as our own strategic depth in the central asian region in terms of culture, civilization and language, and this can actually create a special position for iran in the central asian region, which can through developing relations with tajikistan and improving relations and strengthening relations, in fact, tajikistan can expand its relations with four other countries in the region. we have talked a lot about the political and economic and even security and defense fields. and let's talk culturally as well as the program the little things that have happened during this trip regarding these issues, god willing, the future plans

. thank you to both of you for your presence in the news interview studio . the name of god, ladies and gentlemen. hello, i am alireza hashemgan with jahan today. in tonight's program , we will host mr. kazem jalali, the ambassador of the islamic republic of iran in russia, but before that, we will review the most important news