Both sides welcomed the development of bilateral relations, especially in recent year, and discussed the potential of more cooperation between the two countries and in the region.

Economic cooperation, using the South-North corridor and Uzbekistan’s easier access to the sea, fighting against drugs and terrorism, developing tourism and cultural cooperations based on great similarities between the two countries were other issues of this dialogue.

The president of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Kamal Kharrazi and the head of the Institute of strategic and regional studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Vladimir Norov, met today in Tehran