In a meeting with Uzbekistan Ambassador to Tehran, Fariddin Nasriev, Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri stressed the need to leverage shared civilizational commonalities and take practical steps toward private-sector cooperation, as well as facilitating flight and visa mechanisms.
The two sides also discussed enhancing cultural exchanges, reviving the historical ties of the Silk Road, and developing the tourism industry.
Salehi Amiri emphasized convergence in the restoration of historical monuments and the revival of the Silk Road’s cultural identity as a component of civilizational convergence, stating that the historical and architectural patterns of Uzbekistan’s cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, alongside Iran’s city of Isfahan, are a brilliant reflection of shared cultural and Islamic heritage.
The Uzbek ambassador, for his part, said that given the many cultural attractions in Iranian cities such as Isfahan, Shiraz, and Mashhad, current direct flights are operating at full capacity, and Tashkent is seriously pursuing the launch of more regular weekly flights.
