Iran's Culture Week ceremony was inaugurated on Monday in Tajikistan with the presence of the two countries' Ministers of Culture.

Attending a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, Emomali Rahmon hailed the Iranian president for the invitation.

Senior officials of Iran and Tajikistan in the presence of Ebrahim Raisi and Imam Ali Rahman Presidents of Iran and Tajikistan signed 17 cooperation documents in the fields of politics, economy, trade, transportation, investment, new technologies, environment, sports, energy, judiciary, education, and research and tourism.

Today, with the visit of the President of Tajikistan to Tehran and the signing of new agreements between the two countries, I have no doubt that a great step will be taken in relations."

In the meeting, the two sides reviewed the details of Tajik President Emamali Rahmon’s visit to Tehran.

At the beginning of the telephone conversation, the Iranian Foreign Minister congratulated the New Year and the beginning of the new century and expressed hope that in the new year and century, there would be peace and prosperity for the people of the world and the countries of the region.

Mohammad-Taghi Saberi said on Wednesday it was the 30th year of Tehran-Dushanbe diplomatic ties, and that Iran was the first country that opened its embassy in Tajikistan.

Tajikistan's Ambassador to Tehran Nizamuddin Zahedi and two artistic groups, Ferdowsi and Lal Badakhshan from Tajikistan, traveled to Iran to participate in the 40th Fajr International Theater Festival (FITF), met with the head of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization Mohammad Mehdi Imanipour.