TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Dushanbe Ali Asqar She'rdoust announced that the country plans to invest $500mln in implementing a project to build a cement factory in Tajikistan's Khatlon province.
The plant with an annual production capacity of more than one million ton will be constructed in Nosir Khusrav district in Tajikistan's Khatlon province, the Iranian envoy told reporters.
She'rdoust also pointed out that the Iranian Lian Kavan Kaniha Company will develop the plant during one and a half years period.
"The agreement on building this plant was signed in late January 2011" after two years of negotiations, he further explained.
A seven-member Iranian delegation, comprising legal experts, investors and experts from the Lian Kavan Kaniha Company visited Tajikistan in early
Iran and Tajikistan have recently accelerated expansion of their ties and cooperation and observers believe that the good achievements gained in area of their mutual cooperation should be deemed as a result of the efforts made by the two countries' officials.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of the 11th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Istanbul in late December underlined his country's willingness to boost all-out ties with Iran.
"Developing cooperation among the Persian speaking nations is beneficial to these states and also the entire region," the Tajik president said.
In the same meeting, Iran's President Ahmadinejad described the two countries' ties as "fruitful and constructive", and underlined that there exits no hindrance to the bolstering of cooperation between Tehran and Dushanbe.
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