TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Officials from Iran and Uzbekistan stressed the need to expand cooperation in the fields of trade, economy, and energy.

Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Abbas Aliabadi and his accompanying delegation, during a visit to the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, held talks with the ministers of industry and energy of Uzbekistan to broaden bilateral ties in trade, economic and energy fields.

The two sides weighed plans for developing bilateral relations and discussed issues of mutual interest.

Iran's Deputy Minister of Industry and Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Mahdi Zeyghami, Deputy Minister of Industry for transportation affairs Manouchehr Manteqi, Deputy Minister of Industry for equipment and machinery affairs Mohammad Mousavi and Deputy Minister of Industry for mining and mineral processing affairs Reza Mohtashamipour accompanied Aliabadi in his visit to Uzbekistan, dolat.ir reported. 

Meeting with the Iranian economic activists and businesspersons in Uzbekistan was also on the agenda of the Iranian delegation during the visit to the Central Asian country.

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